Time taken by a secretary (7)
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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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)" .)
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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)