Agree in time since nosy sort takes about an hour (11)
I believe the answer is:
synchronise
'agree' is the definition.
('agree'->'synchronize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')
'time since nosy sort takes about an hour' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'time' could be 'hr' (short for hour) and 'hr' is found in the answer.
'takes' could be 'is' (being is a kind of taking) and 'is' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic) and 'on' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for synchronise that I've seen before include "Cause to happen at the same time" , "Get time together" , "Cause to agree in time" , "Occur at the same time" , "Coincide temporally" .)