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Fighter, perhaps with bit of tan and heavenly body (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

planet

'heavenly body' is the definition.
(planet is a kind of heavenly body)

'fighter perhaps with bit of tan' is the wordplay.
'fighter perhaps' becomes 'plane' (fighter is a kind of plane).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'bit of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'tan' is 't'.
'plane'+'t'='PLANET'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for planet that I've seen before include "Celestial body orbiting round a star" , "World" , "Mars or Uranus" , "Heavenly (or earthly!) body" , "Large body orbiting sun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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