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Time taken by a secretary (6)

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minute

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This could be a double definition.

'time' is the first definition.
(unit of time)

'a secretary' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'taken by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for minute that I've seen before include "60 seconds; tiny" , "Barely perceptible" , "Little -- 60 18 across" , "Very short or tiny" , "Tiny like time unit (6)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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