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Rise after start of day looking glum (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drear

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'looking glum' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'rise after start of day' is the wordplay.
'rise' becomes 'rear' (rearing is a kind of rising**).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'start of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'day' is 'd'.
'rear' after 'd' is 'DREAR'.

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(Other definitions for drear that I've seen before include "gloomy in poem" , "grave" , "miserable" , "Cheerless (literary)" , "Gloomy and cheerless" .)

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