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I believe the answer is:

friday

(Other definitions for friday that I've seen before include "Where the weekend starts?" , "Man perhaps" , "Crusoe's Man (Defoe)" , "Day named after a Norse goddess" , "Defoe's character" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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