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Equal time and distance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parsec

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

'equal time' is the wordplay.
'equal' becomes 'par'.
'time' becomes 'sec' (**).
'par'+'sec'='PARSEC'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for parsec that I've seen before include "Unit for measurement of distance of stars" , "fair distance" , "Unit of astronomical length" , "Immense unit of distance" , "Enormous distance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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