Star in favour of working around Cyprus (7)

I believe the answer is:

procyon

'star' is the definition.
(Procyon is an example)

'in favour of working around cyprus' is the wordplay.
'in favour of' becomes 'pro' (I've seen this before).
'working' becomes 'on'.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'cyprus' becomes 'cy' (abbreviation).
'pro'+'on'='proon'
'proon' going around 'cy' is 'PROCYON'.

(Another definition for procyon that I've seen is " Bright star in Canis Minor".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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