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Time for a few words (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sentence

This clue is a double definition.

'time' is the first definition.
('time' can refer to a prison sentence)

'a few words' is the second definition.
(a sentence is made up of words)

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sentence that I've seen before include "Writing piece" , "delivered in a few words" , "Court judgement" , "Punishment handed down by a court" , "Jail term and grammatical term" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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