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John and daughter enter new lift, illuminated brightly (8)

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I believe the answer is:

floodlit

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'illuminated brightly' is the definition.
'floodlit' can be an answer for 'illuminated' (floodlighting is a kind of illuminating). I am unsure of the 'brightly' bit.

'john and daughter enter new lift' is the wordplay.
'john' becomes 'loo' (loo is a kind of john).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'enter' is an insertion indicator.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'loo'+'d'='lood'
'lift' with letters rearranged gives 'flit'.
'lood' put into 'flit' is 'FLOODLIT'.

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(Other definitions for floodlit that I've seen before include "(Of building) illuminated at night" , "powerfully illuminating" , "Artificially illuminated" , "as late matches are played?" , "receiving enlightenment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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