Lot of water drunk to make it look dazzling (8)

I believe the answer is:

floodlit

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'make it look dazzling' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'lot of water drunk' is the wordplay.
'lot of water' becomes 'flood' (I've seen this before).
'drunk' becomes 'lit' (slang term).
'flood'+'lit'='FLOODLIT'

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(Other definitions for floodlit that I've seen before include "Illuminated, eg for sport at night" , "Artificially illuminated" , "powerfully illuminating" , "in the full glare of publicity" , "Match may be" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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