Present time and again with words of consolation (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

there there

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'words of consolation' is the definition.
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'present time and again' is the wordplay.
'present time' becomes 'there' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and again' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'there' doubled is 'THERE THERE'.

'with' acts as a link.

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