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Used to be (3)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">used to be</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(eg 'you were...' means 'you used to be...')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for were that I've seen before include "SECOND PART OF 14" , "(You/we/they) existed" , "Used to be" , "Lycanthrope" , "SECOND PART OF 9" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, the USA Today, the Newsday, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, the Universal, The Telegraph, The Independent and The Mirror.
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