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Time taken by a secretary (6)

Ross

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minutes

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This clue might be a double definition.

'time' is the first definition.
(I know this)

'a secretary' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'taken by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for minutes that I've seen before include "Records" , "Recorded notes of a meeting" , "Record of a meeting's decisions" , "Units of time" , "Record of a meeting" .)

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