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Filmed by night - it's a chancy business (4,2,3,4)

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I think it could be either:

shot in the dark

luck of the draw

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

'filmed by night it's a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'by' could be 'of' and 'of' is found in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for luck of the draw that I've seen before include "Chance, as in sweepstake" , "suggesting team should be thankful not to lose?" , "Sheer chance" , "Chancy business" , "Hazard of chance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Irish Independent.
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