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Face carrying vase every day (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diurnal

'every day' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'face carrying vase' is the wordplay.
'face' becomes 'dial' (face of a clock).
'carrying' is an insertion indicator.
'vase' becomes 'urn' (both can mean a container).
'dial' placed around 'urn' is 'DIURNAL'.

(Other definitions for diurnal that I've seen before include "Happening daily" , "Daily; during the daytime" , "every day" , "Active during the day" , "Circadian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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