After a bit (5)
I believe the answer is:
later
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">after a bit</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for later that I've seen before include "Alert (anag.)" , "At a subsequent time" , "Tardier" , "At some time afterwards" , "behind schedule" .)