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Real ones stay in at night (5)

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I believe the answer is:

teeth

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'real ones stay in at night' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'real ones stay in' is the wordplay.
'real' becomes 'e' (e is a kind of real).
'ones stay' becomes 'teth' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'e' inserted within 'teth' is 'TEETH'.

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(Other definitions for teeth that I've seen before include "Genuine effectiveness" , "They may be given crowns" , "Bony structures for eating" , "cogs in the machine, perhaps" , "watchdog needs these" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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