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Looking haggard, Rani appears in the morning (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drawn

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'looking haggard' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'rani appears in the morning' is the wordplay.
'rani' becomes 'r' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'appears in' is an insertion indicator.
'the morning' becomes 'dawn' ('dawn' can be a synonym of 'morning').
'r' inserted into 'dawn' is 'DRAWN'.

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(Other definitions for drawn that I've seen before include "Closed" , "Depicted - haggard" , "Described" , "being put in the picture?" , "Gutted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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