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Stir trouble during escape at dawn (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

first light

'dawn' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'stir trouble during escape' is the wordplay.
'trouble' is an anagram indicator.
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'escape' becomes 'flight' (synonyms).
'stir' with letters rearranged gives 'irst'.
'irst' going within 'flight' is 'FIRST LIGHT'.

'at' is the link.

(Other definitions for first light that I've seen before include "start of day" , "Glimmering" , "Instructions for enjoying cigarette" , "time for dawn chorus" , "early in the day" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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