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Endure sixty seconds of the eleventh hour? (4-6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

last-minute

'the eleventh hour?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'endure sixty seconds' is the wordplay.
'endure' becomes 'last' (synonyms).
'sixty seconds' becomes 'minute' (I've seen this before).
'last'+'minute'='LAST-MINUTE'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for last-minute that I've seen before include "Done at the final moment" , "very late" , "Eleventh-hour" , "Done at the latest possible moment" , "Eleventh hour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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