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Relative harm after undressing in the dark (7)

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I believe the answer is:

unclear

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'the dark' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'relative harm after undressing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'relative' could be 'uncle' (uncle is a kind of relative) and 'uncle' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ar' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for unclear that I've seen before include "Ill-defined or not easily understood" , "hard to understand" , "Indistinct" , "Imprecise, hazy" , "in clouds?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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