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Warm and clear morning in deprivation (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

famine

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'deprivation' is the definition.
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'warm and clear morning' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'morning' could be 'am' and 'am' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fie' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for famine that I've seen before include "Severe shortage of food for many" , "A great shortage as of food" , "Extreme dearth of food" , "Human tragedy through drought, etc" , "Severe food scarcity" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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