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Not to be found in a minute (3,3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

off the record

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'not' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'a minute' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'minute' could be 'record' (e.g. during a meeting) and 'record' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to be found in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for off the record that I've seen before include "unprintable" , "Where the rejected tracks are kept" , "Sub rosa" , "Deleted from disc" , "Where unreleased tracks are" .)

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