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Small bear enters in one myth’s night-time demons (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incubi

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'demons' is the definition.
(incubus is a kind of demon)

'small bear enters in one' is the wordplay.
'small bear' becomes 'cub' (I have seen 'Young bear ' mean 'cub' so perhaps 'bear' could also mean 'cub'. I am not sure about the 'small' bit.).
'enters' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'in'+'i'='ini'
'cub' going within 'ini' is 'INCUBI'.

'myth's night-time' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for incubi that I've seen before include "nightmares" , "Demons of the night" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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