Used to be (3)

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was

'used to be' is the definition.
(eg 'he was...' means 'he used to be...')

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for was that I've seen before include "Did live" , "Lived" , "(He/she) existed" , "(I/he) existed" , "Existed in the past" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the LA Times, the USA Today, The Mirror, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, The Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Star Tribune, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Daily Mail and the Evening Standard.

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