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Sounds to have little strength this time (4)

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I believe the answer is:

week

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'this time' is the definition.
(period of time)

'sounds to have little strength' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'little' could be 'wee' (similar in meaning) and 'wee' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'k' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for week that I've seen before include "A long time in politics?" , "Period of time; sounds like feeble" , "Seven days" , "Seven day period" , "Calendar period" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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