Cryptic crossword clue
Unchanged by Times? Papers tempt one, surprisingly? 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word IDEMPOTENT

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The straight part
We know that "Unchanged by Tim/es/?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case unchanged by tim/es/? = idempotent.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does IDEMPOTENT mean?

IDEMPOTENT noun
  1. An idempotent element.
  2. An idempotent structure.
IDEMPOTENT adjective
  1. Said of a function: describing an action which, when performed multiple times on the same subject, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.
  2. Said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation (such as a group or semigroup): when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.
  3. Said of a binary operation: that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above).
  4. Said of an algebraic structure: having an idempotent operation (in the sense above).

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