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Intended to have miserly time (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meant

'intended' is the definition.
(to mean something is to intend it)

'miserly time' is the wordplay.
'miserly' becomes 'mean' (synonyms).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'mean'+'t'='MEANT'

'to have' is the link.

(Other definitions for meant that I've seen before include "designed" , "planned" , "Intentional" , "Implied" , "represented" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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