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Jack in the morning: my, that's lucky! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jammy

'lucky' is the definition.
(jammy means lucky in a smug way)

'jack in the morning my' is the wordplay.
'jack' becomes 'J' (playing card abbreviation).
'in the morning' becomes 'am' (short for ante meridiem - before noon).
'j'+'am'+'my'='JAMMY'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for jammy that I've seen before include "Lucky (and sticky?)" , "Lucky - as conserve" , "Fortunate; sticky?" , "Lucky (informal)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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