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Time out? (5)

Ross

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5

4,2

This clue could be a double definition.

'time' is the first definition.
(I know that night is a type of crepuscle)

'out?' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

(Other definitions for night that I've seen before include "'Red sky at . . . . ., shepherd's delight'" , "Time for turning" , "Sunset to sunrise" , "''Tender is the ...'' (F Scott Fitzgerald)|" , "Period of darkness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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