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Christmas in no time, school ends (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noel

'christmas' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'no time school ends' is the wordplay.
'ends' says to take the final letters.
The final letters of 'time school' are 'el'.
'no'+'el'='NOEL'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for noel that I've seen before include "Christmas carol" , "Coward who wrote and acted, d. 1973" , "A lone French Christmas" , "Festive season" , "Yuletide" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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