Crossword Genius

Time everyone joined organisation - that's an unreasonable demand (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tall order

'an unreasonable demand' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'time everyone joined organisation' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'joined' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'organisation' becomes 'order' (order is a kind of organization).
't'+'all'+'order'='TALL ORDER'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for tall order that I've seen before include "I want a skyscraper built by tomorrow" , "demanding request" , "Challenge" , "Formidable task" , "Demand to tax" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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