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Left the light on for show (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

portray

'show' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'left the light on' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'port' (left side of a ship - opposite of starboard).
'the light' becomes 'ray' (ray is a kind of light).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'port'+'ray'='PORTRAY'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for portray that I've seen before include "sketch" , "Show" , "Delineate" , "Play" , "Use words to describe" .)

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