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She's relatively nice about an early start or late finish (5)

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I believe the answer is:

niece

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'late finish' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'she's relatively nice about an early start' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'nice' is 'niec' which is present in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for niece that I've seen before include "Kinswoman" , "Female relation" , "A sibling's child" , "Son's cousin" , "Brother or sister's daughter" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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