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Doctor left it after working under night-time conditions? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moonlit

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'doctor left it after working under night-time conditions?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'left it after working under night-time conditions?' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'working under night-time conditions?' becomes 'moon' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'l'+'it'='lit'
'lit' after 'moon' is 'MOONLIT'.

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(Other definitions for moonlit that I've seen before include "like the bank Jessica used?" , "like Titania's unlucky meeting" , "Illumined by Selene?" , "Illuminated by night" , "Illuminated by satellite" .)

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