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Briefly look for The Sun? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

star

'the sun?' is the definition.
(sun is a kind of star)

'briefly look' is the wordplay.
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'look' becomes 'stare' (staring is a kind of looking).
'stare' with its final letter removed is 'STAR'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for star that I've seen before include "eg The sun" , "A night light?" , "Brilliant person" , "Eg, Rigel, Aldebaran" , "For example, Marilyn Monroe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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