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To us, a bit of heaven (5)

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I believe the answer is:

venus

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'a bit of heaven' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'to us' is the wordplay.
'to' becomes 'ven' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ven'+'us'='VENUS'

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(Other definitions for venus that I've seen before include "Solar system planet" , "The embodiment of Love" , "One of the planets" , "Planet; goddess" , "Next planet in" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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