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Now give me a little time (7,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

present day

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

'me a little time' is the wordplay.
'me' becomes 'present' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a little' means to remove the last letter (the word is not quite complete).
'time' becomes 'days' (day is a unit of time).
'days' with its final letter removed is 'day'.
'present'+'day'='PRESENT-DAY'

'give' is the link.

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(Other definitions for present day that I've seen before include "Contemporary" , "Current" , "Christmas for materialists?" , "occasion for lots of give and take?" , "twenty-fifth of December?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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