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Enclosure with hundreds working outside bathed in light (3-8)

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I believe the answer is:

sun-drenched

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'light' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'enclosure with hundreds working outside bathed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'enclosure' could be 'enc' (abbreviation as in letters) and 'enc' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'hundreds' is 'sundrhed' which is within the left over letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sun-drenched that I've seen before include "Exposed to copious solar rays" , "Exposed to lots of solar rays" , "Exposed to lots of natural light" , "Receiving a lot of warm rays" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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