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See eastern star rising — or planet (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

venus

'planet' is the definition.
(Venus is an example)

'see eastern star rising' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'v' (Latin 'vide', used to direct a reader to a source).
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'star' becomes 'sun' (Sun is an example).
'rising' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'sun' reversed gives 'nus'.
'v'+'e'+'nus'='VENUS'

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for venus that I've seen before include "Brightest planet" , "Roman goddess of love" , "Roman counterpart of Aphrodite" , "Aggrieved, peeved" , "not really a star" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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