Without taking minutes to get round a bend? (5)
I believe the answer is:
minus
'without' is the definition.
(minus means without)
'minutes to get round a bend?' is the wordplay.
'minutes' becomes 'mins' ('min' can be a synonym of 'minute').
'to get round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a bend?' becomes 'U' (a U-bend is a kind of bend - pipe under sink).
'mins' going around 'u' is 'MINUS'.
'taking' is the link.
(Other definitions for minus that I've seen before include "Lacking; below zero" , "Negative arithmetic operation" , "Disadvantage" , "Take-away (sign)" , "Lacking; negative" .)