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Magazine to restrict deadline (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

time limit

'deadline' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'magazine to restrict' is the wordplay.
'magazine' becomes 'time' (US magazine).
'to restrict' becomes 'limit' ('limit' can be a synonym of 'restrict').
'time'+'limit'='TIME-LIMIT'

(Other definitions for time limit that I've seen before include "Prescribed term" , "Deadline" , "maximum duration" , "within which task must be done" , "Point before which something must be achieved" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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