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Train and inspire to hope getting time for clubs (9)

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I believe the answer is:

entourage

'train' is the definition.
(a train of people)

'and inspire to hope getting time for clubs' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
'to' is present in the answer.
'time' could be 'age' (an age is a period of time) and 'age' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for entourage that I've seen before include "Group of attendants" , "The people accompanying a VIP" , "company" , "Support team" , "Group of followers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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