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Distress signal (5)

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(Other definitions for flare that I've seen before include "Spread" , "signalling light" , "Widen out like a bell" , "Blaze; distress signal" , "Distress signal; burst out angrily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The New York Times, The Telegraph and the Universal.
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