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Beauty of headland, at first light (8)

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I believe the answer is:

fairness

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'beauty' is the definition.
(I know that fairness is a type of beauty)

'headland at first light' is the wordplay.
'headland' becomes 'ness' (both can mean a promontory).
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'first light' becomes 'fair' (I've seen this in another clue. I am not sure about the 'first' bit.).
'ness' put after 'fair' is 'FAIRNESS'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for fairness that I've seen before include "Beauty - justice" , "Equity, justice" , "Equality" , "Impartiality, justice" , "the fine, dry state of the weather" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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