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Somehow pro-Venus wanting a light in the heavens (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

supernova

'light in the heavens' is the definition.
(exploding star)

'somehow pro-venus wanting a' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'wanting' says to put letters next to each other.
'pro'+'venus'='provenus'
'provenus' with letters rearranged gives 'supernov'.
'supernov'+'a'='SUPERNOVA'

(Other definitions for supernova that I've seen before include "cosmic explosion" , "Exploding star that becomes much brighter" , "Exploding star that becomes extremely luminous" , "Star made brilliant by stellar explosion" , "Star in decline" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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