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It's up to time in cultivation (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tillage

'cultivation' is the definition.
(I know that cultivation can be written as tillage)

'it's up to time' is the wordplay.
'it's up to' becomes 'till' (up to or till a certain time).
'time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'till'+'age'='TILLAGE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tillage that I've seen before include "Work on land" , "Cultivation of crops" , "Preparing for cultivation" , "Cultivation of the land" , "Farmers undertake it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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