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Thinks it’s badly timed: a setback (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meditates

'thinks' is the definition.
(meditating is a kind of thinking)

'badly timed a setback' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
'setback' becomes 'tes' (I've seen this in other clues).
'timed' anagrammed gives 'medit'.
'medit'+'a'+'tes'='MEDITATES'

'it's' is the link.

(Another definition for meditates that I've seen is " Thinks".)

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