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[gaffer5]

Hi, stuck on one yesterday, two words 5+4 letters
How clock indicated passage of time with very little work. I have
?a?d?/t?r?

[dannyk13]

Hands turn

[gaffer5]

Many thanks, that was all I could come up with but couldn't match it to the clue.

[dannyk13]

Hand's Turn | Definition of hand's turn by Merriam-Webster www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand's%20turn an act of manual labor; especially : a single usually small expenditure of effort < would not do a hand's turn to save himself from starvation> ...