A Cech-complete subspace is a $G_\delta$ in its closure

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How does one prove the following result (Engelking, exercise 3.9.A):

If a Cech-complete space $X$ is a subspace of a Hausdorff space $Y$, then there exists a $G_\delta$ set $Z \subseteq Y$ such that $X=\overline{X}\cap Z$.

In other words, if $X$ is a Cech-complete subspace of a Hausdorff space, it is a $G_\delta$ in its closure.

Related and Possibly Relevant Facts:
For the record, a Cech-complete space is a Tychonoff space that is a $G_\delta$ in its Stone-Cech compactification (or equivalently, in any of its compactifications).

Cech-complete spaces generalize locally compact spaces in the sense that locally compact spaces are open in any of their compactifications.

The Baire Category Theorem holds in Cech-complete spaces.

The result to be shown parallels the fact that a locally compact subspace of a Hausdorff space is open in its closure.