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Reaching sixty seconds - how modern (2-2-3-6)

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I believe the answer is:

up-to-the-minute

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'modern' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'reaching sixty seconds' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'sixty seconds' could be 'minute' (I've seen this before) and 'minute' is found in the answer.
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'how' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for up-to-the-minute that I've seen before include "Incorporating the very latest developments" , "Right now" , "Current" , "Extremely modern" , "Tie up the mount? (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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