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Light yarn binding close to door fixture (8,5)

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I believe the answer is:

friction match

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'light' is the definition.
(I know that friction match is a type of light)

'yarn binding close to door fixture' is the wordplay.
'yarn' becomes 'fiction' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'binding' indicates putting letters inside.
'close to' suggests the final letters (the 'close' to the word).
'fixture' becomes 'match' (sporting fixture).
The last letter of 'door' is 'r'.
'fiction' going around 'r' is 'friction'.
'friction'+'match'='FRICTION MATCH'

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(Other definitions for friction match that I've seen before include "incompatible marriage?" , "Striker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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