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Ghostly light? (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spirit lamp

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'ghostly light?' is the definition.
'spirit lamp' can be an answer for 'light?' (spirit lamp is a kind of light). I am not certain of the 'ghostly' bit.

'ghostly light?' is the wordplay.
'ghostly' becomes 'spirit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'light?' becomes 'lamp' (lamp is a kind of light).
'spirit'+'lamp'='SPIRIT-LAMP'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for spirit lamp that I've seen before include "Meths-burning light" , "this'll lighten things up" .)

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