Not long ago (8)
I believe the answer is:
recently
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">not long ago</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for recently that I've seen before include "Lately" , "Not so long since" , "In the near past" , "Of late" , "Adverb meaning not long ago" .)