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Evening star located (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sunset

'evening' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'star located' is the wordplay.
'star' becomes 'sun' (the Sun is a star).
'located' becomes 'set' (synonyms).
'sun'+'set'='SUNSET'

(Other definitions for sunset that I've seen before include "Time of evening colour" , "US nest (anag.)" , "star not in the ascendant at this time" , "brilliant decline?" , "When daylight fades" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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