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 Daily Mail, the USA Today, The Mirror, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, the Evening Standard, the Newsday, The Independent, The New York Times, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate and the LA Times.

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