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Almost a perfect ending in the dark (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

night

'the dark' is the definition.
(night is a kind of dark)

'almost a perfect ending' is the wordplay.
'almost' becomes 'nigh' ('nigh' can be a synonym of 'almost').
'ending' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'perfect' is 't'.
'nigh'+'t'='NIGHT'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for night that I've seen before include "''Tender is the ...'' (F Scott Fitzgerald)|" , "Period of darkness" , "For most, the time for sleep" , "Darkness; see you in the morning" , "late" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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