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UK paper's backers are so obsolete! (6,3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

behind the times

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'obsolete' is the definition.
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'uk paper's backers are' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'paper' could be 'thetimes' (The Times is a newspaper) and 'thetimes' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'behind' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'so' is the link.

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(Other definitions for behind the times that I've seen before include "no longer seen as old-fashioned" , "not being updated?" , "square- with 4a" , "Old hat" , "John Walter was, originally" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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