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Canon's done exercising — it doesn't take long (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nanosecond

'it doesn't take long' is the definition.
(very short period of time)

'canon's done exercising' is the wordplay.
'exercising' indicates an anagram (letters exercise or move around).
'canons'+'done'='canonsdone'
'canonsdone' is an anagram of 'NANOSECOND'.

(Other definitions for nanosecond that I've seen before include "Only a little flash" , "instant?" , "Tiny duration" , "A very short interval of time" , "very brief time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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