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A soft light, please (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pray

'please' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a soft light' is the wordplay.
'a soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano').
'light' becomes 'ray' (ray is a kind of light).
'p'+'ray'='PRAY'

(Other definitions for pray that I've seen before include "Address a deity" , "make supplications" , "Appeal to higher authority" , "Devoutly hope" , "May I ask" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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