Related Clues:

• Even less than 9 across, and that's tiny, and not for the first time, either
• One that will give you the time of day
• The shiner gets laid-up for a time
• Supporter shortly, but not in the first place
• It's all very fine if it gives one the time
• Less than a minute bit less than the first
• On the face of it, it makes light of the time
• One gives support, but only for a short time
• Even smaller than minute, but not the first (6)
• 'Very little, and not for the first time (6)'
• Clock's ancestor
• With 16-Across, infield position
• No hands for a time
• Back a bit
• Support at the meeting