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Everything should be on the clock, always (3,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

all the time

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'always' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'everything should be on the clock' is the wordplay.
'everything' becomes 'all' (all things).
'should be on' becomes 'the' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the clock' becomes 'time' (time clock is a kind of clock).
'all'+'the'+'time'='ALL THE TIME'

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(Other definitions for all the time that I've seen before include "Continuously" , "Without exception" , "Constantly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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