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Industrial facilities not given time to make arrangements (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plans

'arrangements' is the definition.
(plan is a kind of arrangement)

'industrial facilities not given time' is the wordplay.
'industrial facilities' becomes 'plants' (as in industrial plants).
'not given' suggests deleting specific letters.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'plants' with 't' removed is 'PLANS'.

'to make' is the link.

(Other definitions for plans that I've seen before include "Aims" , "Designs" , "Intentions or drawings" , "Detailed proposals for doing something" , "maps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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