Is rule broken by English in spare moments? (7)

I believe the answer is:

leisure

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'spare moments?' is the definition.
'leisure' can be an answer for 'spare' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'moments?' bit.

'is rule broken by english' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'is'+'rule'='isrule'
'isrule' is an anagram of 'leisur'.
'leisur'+'e'='LEISURE'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for leisure that I've seen before include "Free time, comfort and convenience" , "Non-work activity" , "time-off" , "Time for relaxing" , "casual wear" .)

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

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