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Notice midwife attending someone in wings? How time flies! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clockwise

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'attending someone in wings? how time flies' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'notice midwife' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'clock' (I've seen this before).
'midwife' becomes 'wise' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clock'+'wise'='CLOCKWISE'

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(Other definitions for clockwise that I've seen before include "movement of hand over face" , "As hands sweep round" , "Moving as hands do?" , "Cow sickle (anag.)" , "Direction of movement on dial" .)

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