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Is able to get led astray by a light (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

candle

'a light' is the definition.
(candle is a kind of light)

'is able to get led astray' is the wordplay.
'is able to' becomes 'can' (I've seen this before).
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'astray' indicates an anagram.
'led' is an anagram of 'dle'.
'can'+'dle'='CANDLE'

'by' is the link.

(Other definitions for candle that I've seen before include "that's useful if power's cut" , "Lanced (anag)" , "Wax cylinder" , "Wax 21 ac source" , "Maeve Binchy novel 'Light a Penny ......'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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