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Time for an old political journalist (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

day

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'time' is the definition.
(I know that day is a type of time)

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(Other definitions for day that I've seen before include "Unit of time" , "Particular date" , "24 23 acrosses" , "24 hours" , "Born yesterday" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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