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Finding the illuminations intoxicating? (3,2)

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lit up

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'intoxicating?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for lit up that I've seen before include "Drunk (as a bulb?)" , "Started smoking - being drugged!" , "like a bulb, perhaps?" , "high" , "was illuminating" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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