Device for telling the time by a shadow (7)

I believe the answer is:

sundial

(Other definitions for sundial that I've seen before include "Light clock" , "Timepiece read by the shadow a gnomon casts" , "Old-timer" , "Instrument showing the time" , "Horological device" .)

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

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