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Does it think it makes cycling at night safer? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reflector

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'does it think it makes cycling at night safer?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'think it makes cycling at night safer?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'think' could be 'reflect' (reflecting is a kind of thinking) and 'reflect' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'or' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for reflector that I've seen before include "Eg, cat's eye" , "Mirror (not a good one?)" , "One thinking" , "Mirror or similar object" , "telescope" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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