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Peeping at the sun in the morning (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dawn chorus

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'peeping at the sun in the morning' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'at the sun in the morning' is the wordplay.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the sun in' becomes 'chorus' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the morning' becomes 'dawn' (synonyms).
'chorus' put after 'dawn' is 'DAWN CHORUS'.

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(Other definitions for dawn chorus that I've seen before include "Early morning sing-song?" , "Bird song at daybreak" , "Birdsong" , "singing, naturally" , "Early sound of birds" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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