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Twenty-four hours? Not a bit of it! (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

all day

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'bit of it' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adjective which matches the answer.

'twenty-four hours? not a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'twenty-four hours?' could be 'day' ('day' can be a synonym of 'twenty-four hours') and 'day' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for all day that I've seen before include "until even" , "From dawn to dusk" , "morning and afternoon" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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