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Consider composer almost penning 'Time after Time' (10)

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I believe the answer is:

deliberate

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'consider' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'composer almost penning time after time' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'time' could be 'era' (era is a kind of time) and 'era' is present in the answer.
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(Other definitions for deliberate that I've seen before include "Consider carefully" , "on purpose" , "Intentional; think carefully" , "Well considered" , "Purposeful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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