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Terrible thing, darkness (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

night

'darkness' is the definition.
(night is a kind of darkness)

'terrible thing' is the wordplay.
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'thing' anagrammed gives 'NIGHT'.

(Other definitions for night that I've seen before include "That's when it's darkest" , "What proverbially follows day" , "For most, the time for sleep" , "Illumination needed now" , "late" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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