The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HOURS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result HOURS
- Times? Sounds like yours and mine
- Beautiful women ignoring one for quite a while
- Parts of day shared by Brendan and solvers, so to speak
- Egyptian god’s heart sinks for some time
- Times delivered by hotel for us
- Dutch: ‘Our solvers will have what it takes to do a Toughie‘
- Time at work, wearing two different suits, belongs to us
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The straight part
We know that "some time" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case some time = hours.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HOURS mean?
HOURS noun- A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
- A season, moment, or time.
- The time.
- (in the plural) Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.
- (in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.
- A distance that can be traveled in one hour.