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Zodiacal light made lawns fade (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

false dawn

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'zodiacal light' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
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'made lawns fade' is the wordplay.
'made' is an anagram indicator.
'lawns'+'fade'='lawnsfade'
'lawnsfade' anagrammed gives 'FALSE DAWN'.

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(Other definitions for false dawn that I've seen before include "Light before sunrise" , "transient light?" , "time of illusory promise" , "Leads fawn into illusory light or deceptive beginning" , "Promising situation that comes to nothing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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