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Very little time, perhaps, to consume some nuts (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

minute

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'very little' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'time perhaps to consume some nuts' is the wordplay.
'time perhaps' becomes 'mine' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to consume' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'some' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'nuts' are 'ut'.
'mine' placed around 'ut' is 'MINUTE'.

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(Other definitions for minute that I've seen before include "Occupying very little space" , "not much time" , "Small, tiny" , "Tiny like time unit (6)" , "Measure of time" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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