Slowly times boring minutes (6,2,6)
I believe the answer is:
little by little
'slowly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'times boring minutes' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'times' could be 'tt' (two abbreviations for time) and 'tt' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for little by little that I've seen before include "It's appearing in instalments" , "Autobiography of chicken" , "I'm making you wait" .)