In artificial illumination, cut end off meat and pickle (9)
I believe the answer is:
lamplight
'in artificial illumination' is the definition.
'lamplight' can be an answer for 'illumination' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'in artificial' bit.
'cut end off meat and pickle' is the wordplay.
'cut end off' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'cutting end off' mean this).
'meat' becomes 'lamb' (lamb is a kind of meat).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pickle' becomes 'plight' (I've seen this before).
'lamb' with its last letter taken off is 'lam'.
'lam'+'plight'='LAMPLIGHT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lamplight that I've seen before include "It illuminates" , "which is illuminating" , "Ray perhaps" , "No electricity at night" , "David Essex recording" .)