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To time without delay (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

today

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'without delay' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'to time' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'day' (day is a kind of time).
'to'+'day'='TODAY'

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(Other definitions for today that I've seen before include "Nowadays" , "Modern times" , "Current period of 24 hours" , "Yesterday's tomorrow" , "one of our papers, once" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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