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Dawns gold and yellow captured by artist

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aurora

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'dawns gold and yellow captured by artist' is the definition.
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'gold and yellow captured by artist' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'yellow' becomes 'or' (heraldic term).
'captured by' indicates putting letters inside.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'or' going within 'ra' is 'rora'.
'au'+'rora'='AURORA'

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(Other definitions for aurora that I've seen before include "Northern or southern lights" , "Orange" , "Display of lights in the night sky" , "Coloured lights in sky" , "Roman Godess of the Dawn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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