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Eight hours, but not on the night shift (7,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

working day

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'eight hours but not' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'on the night shift' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'on' could be 'working' and 'working' is found in the answer.
'shift' could be 'day' (day shift is a kind of shift) and 'day' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for working day that I've seen is " See 6".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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