US term for dawn (5)

I believe the answer is:

sunup

(Other definitions for sunup that I've seen before include "when a new day dawns" , "Dawn (mainly US)" , "time of day" , "First appearance of star" , "Literal word for the dawn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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