Hour to wrap capital part of Christmas present (5)

Guardian Cryptic #29151 | 7 Down | 2023-08-17
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

definition: ‘for the nonce’ = ‘for the present [time]’ NONE=the ninth hour after dawn, as a time for prayer [wiki] ; wrapping around the capital letter of C-[hristmas]

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