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“It’s daylight,” the child said (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sun

'it's daylight' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'child said' is the wordplay.
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'son' sounds like 'SUN'.

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sun that I've seen before include "Dawn riser" , "Earth's nearest star" , "Star that provides light and heat for a solar system" , "Shiny" , "Source of daylight" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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