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Yoga bends hurt Mummy's back in the past (4,4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

days gone by

'the past' is the definition.
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'yoga bends hurt mummy's back' is the wordplay.
'hurt' is an anagram indicator.
'back' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'mummy' is 'y'.
'yoga'+'bends'='yogabends'
'yogabends' anagrammed gives 'daysgoneb'.
'daysgoneb'+'y'='DAYS GONE BY'

'in' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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