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Girl seen after midnight in the mirror (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glass

'mirror' is the definition.
(looking glass)

'girl seen after midnight' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl).
'seen after' says to put letters next to each other.
'midnight' becomes 'g' (the middle letter in 'night').
'lass' after 'g' is 'GLASS'.

'in the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for glass that I've seen before include "Goblet" , "Container for drinking from" , "Transparent stuff" , "Tumbler, mirror" , "Telescope perhaps" .)

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