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Carol is smart wasting little time (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sing

'carol' is the definition.
(carol can mean to sing carols)

'smart wasting little time' is the wordplay.
'smart' becomes 'sting' (both can mean to burn or hurt).
'wasting' is a deletion indicator.
'little time' becomes 't' (abbreviation for time).
'sting' with 't' removed is 'SING'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sing that I've seen before include "Chorus" , "Croon" , "pipe" , "behave like noisy tits" , "Perform (a song)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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