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A time going over the area I have found to be fascinating (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attractive

'to be fascinating' is the definition.
('attractive' can be similar in meaning to 'fascinating')

'a time going over the area i have' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't'.
'going over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the area' becomes 'tract' (tract is a kind of area**).
'i have' becomes 'ive'.
'a'+'t'+'tract'+'ive'='ATTRACTIVE'

'found' is the link.

(Other definitions for attractive that I've seen before include "Fetching; cute" , "Comely" , "Good-looking" , "Pleasant-looking" , "arousing interest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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