Used to be (4)

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were

'used to be' is the definition.
(eg 'you were...' means 'you used to be...')

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for were that I've seen before include "SECOND PART OF 14" , "(You/we/they) existed" , "Used to be" , "Lycanthrope" , "SECOND PART OF 9" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the Evening Standard, the USA Today, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, The Mirror and The Telegraph.

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