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Dimly illuminated legal document briefly digested by singer (6)

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twilit

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'dimly illuminated' is the definition.
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'legal document briefly digested by singer' is the wordplay.
'legal document' becomes 'will' (a will is a type of legal document).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'digested' indicates putting letters inside.
'by singer' becomes 'tit' (type of songbird. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'will' with its last letter removed is 'wil'.
'wil' put within 'tit' is 'TWILIT'.

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(Other definitions for twilit that I've seen before include "Road surfacing" , "Not being fully illuminated" , "Somewhat dim" , "dusky?" , "dim, naturally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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