Partial or total darkness (5)

I believe the answer is:

gloom

(Other definitions for gloom that I've seen before include "Obscurity or melancholy" , "Murkiness" , "Partial darkness" , "Depression and melancholy" , "Dark depression?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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