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Trick a girl into reforming a group of stars (13)

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I believe the answer is:

constellation

'a group of stars' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'trick a girl into reforming' is the wordplay.
'trick' becomes 'con' (I've seen this before).
'a girl' becomes 'stella' (**).
'reforming' indicates anagramming the letters.
'into' is an anagram of 'tion'.
'con'+'stella'+'tion'='CONSTELLATION'

(Other definitions for constellation that I've seen before include "Draco, perhaps" , "Twenty-five across for instance" , "Twins, perhaps" , "Group of stars" , "Formation of stars" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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