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Fading light aloft grew, somehow (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

afterglow

'fading light' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'aloft grew somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'aloft'+'grew'='aloftgrew'
'aloftgrew' is an anagram of 'AFTERGLOW'.

(Other definitions for afterglow that I've seen before include "following which gloom sets in?" , "Post-sunset radiance" , "The satisfaction" , "Pleasure of remembering something nice" , "trace of sunset" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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