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Sups second after embracing maiden in 'Twilight' (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dimness

'twilight' is the definition.
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'sups second after embracing maiden' is the wordplay.
'sups' becomes 'dines' ('dine' can be a synonym of 'sup').
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'embracing' indicates putting letters inside.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'dines'+'s'='diness'
'diness' going around 'm' is 'DIMNESS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dimness that I've seen before include "That's not very clever" , "Quality of dull light" , "Dark" , "Shortage of light; weakness of intellect" , "exhibiting stupidity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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