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Time to stop society's pairs (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twos

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

'time to stop society's' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to stop society' becomes 'wos' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't'+'wos'='TWOS'

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(Other definitions for twos that I've seen before include "Pairs" , "Deuces" , "Couples" .)

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