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Who rose without partners around to manage stars? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

horoscope

'stars?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'who rose without partners around to manage' is the wordplay.
'without' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'partners' becomes 'ew'.
'around' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'to manage' becomes 'cope' ('cope' can be a synonym of 'manage'**).
'who'+'rose'='whorose'
'ew' backwards is 'we'.
'whorose' with 'we' taken away is 'horos'.
'horos'+'cope'='HOROSCOPE'

(Other definitions for horoscope that I've seen before include "Prediction based on one's star sign" , "special map" , "Astrologer's prediction" , "An astrological forecast" , "Forecast of fortune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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