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Clock's forebear (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sundial

(Other definitions for sundial that I've seen before include "Ancient timepiece" , "Old-timer" , "Simple timepiece" , "it'll tell you the time" , "device useless at night-time" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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