Like Aphrodite, she’ll have a bit of love before sunrise (5)

I believe the answer is:

venus

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'like aphrodite' is the definition.
'Venus' can be an answer for 'aphrodite' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'like' bit.

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(Other definitions for venus that I've seen before include "Planet; goddess" , "not really a star" , "Evening star" , "One of the planets" , "Roman counterpart of Aphrodite" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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