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Lion god needs time on slope (6)

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I believe the answer is:

aslant

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'lion god needs' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'time on slope' is the wordplay.
'time on' becomes 'a' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'slope' becomes 'slant' (slant is a kind of slope).
'a'+'slant'='ASLANT'

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(Other definitions for aslant that I've seen before include "Obliquely" , "Athwart" , "At an oblique angle" , "on a slope" , "Not true" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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