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Things look different after dark (6)

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I believe the answer is:

nights

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'things look different after dark' is the definition.
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'things look different' is the wordplay.
'look different' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'looking different' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'things' is an anagram of 'NIGHTS'.

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(Other definitions for nights that I've seen before include "dark times" , "Periods after sunset" , "Times of darkness" , "Periods of darkness" , "Times between days" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail, The Irish Independent and The Irish News.
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