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Heavenly body giving half of us a shock (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saturn

'heavenly body' is the definition.
(Saturn is an example)

'half of us a shock' is the wordplay.
'half of' means to take half the letters.
'shock' becomes 'turn' (I've seen this in other clues).
'us' cut in half is 's'.
's'+'a'+'turn'='SATURN'

'giving' is the link.

(Other definitions for saturn that I've seen before include "Sixth planet from the sun" , "orbits the sun" , "tried to pass vessel" , "The dark planet" , "Massive body ringed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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