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Essentially, only describing time touring Utah as indifferent (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neutral

'indifferent' is the definition.
('neutral' can be a synonym of 'indifferent')

'essentially only describing time touring utah' is the wordplay.
'essentially' says to take the centre.
'describing' indicates putting letters inside (describe can mean to form the outline of).
'time' becomes 'era' (I've seen this before**).
'touring' is an insertion indicator (touring can mean going round).
'utah' becomes 'ut' (I've seen this in other clues).
The central letters of 'only' are 'nl'.
'era' going around 'ut' is 'eutra'.
'nl' going around 'eutra' is 'NEUTRAL'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for neutral that I've seen before include "Bland" , "Lacking a preference" , "Not partisan or supporting either side in dispute" , "trying to keep out of the war" , "Having no personal preference" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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