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Star feature reports lad's marijuana (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sunspot

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'star feature reports' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'lad's marijuana' is the wordplay.
'lad's' becomes 'suns' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'marijuana' becomes 'pot' (slang term for marijuana).
'suns'+'pot'='SUNSPOT'

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(Other definitions for sunspot that I've seen before include "relatively dark situation" , "Cool darker patch on our star" , "Cool solar area" , "Solar surface blemish" , "Solar cool patch" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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