I come right after first place in a race, but on the New Year clock, sixty of me construct a minute's space. What am I?
A second
This riddle leverages the dual definition of the word second. It serves as an ordinal rank coming right after first place, as well as the standard base unit of time where sixty seconds accumulate to form one full minute on a clock.
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