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Star ready for the evening (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sunset

'the evening' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'star ready' is the wordplay.
'star' becomes 'sun' (the Sun is a star).
'ready' becomes 'set' (set can mean ready or prepared).
'sun'+'set'='SUNSET'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sunset that I've seen before include "This in west" , "Twilight time" , "Evening glow" , "Musical from film about Hollywood" , "star not in the ascendant at this time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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