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Wife-to-be, ignoring second letter, will do this with her time instead (4)

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I believe the answer is:

bide

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'do this with her time instead' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is not.

'wife-to-be ignoring second letter' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'bride' (I have seen 'Wife of groom ' mean 'bride' so perhaps 'wife' could also mean 'bride').
'to be ignoring' suggests deleting specific letters.
'second' becomes 're' (prefix meaning second in eg review, re-education).
'letter' becomes 'e' ().
'bride' with 're' removed is 'bid'.
'bid'+'e'='BIDE'

'will' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bide that I've seen before include "To - one's time is to wait for the right opportunity" , "Tarry" , "Dwell, stay" , "Dwell, of old" , "Remain; await (time)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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