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One fine day, will get a spell in jail! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

sometime

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'one fine day' is the definition.
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'will get a spell in jail' is the wordplay.
'will' becomes 'some' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a spell in jail' becomes 'time' (someone in jail is 'doing time').
'some'+'time'='SOMETIME'

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(Other definitions for sometime that I've seen before include "Former; occasional (US)" , "At a future unknown period" , "Previous" , "In the future, we don't know when" , "One day" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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