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Kind of light, to a great extent (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

very

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This could be a double definition.

'kind of' is the first definition.
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'light to a great extent' is the second definition.
'very' can be an answer for 'light' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'to a great extent' bit.

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(Other definitions for very that I've seen before include "Exactly, really" , "Exceedingly" , "Real" , "To a high degree or extent" , "jolly British!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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