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Make light of palm oil (3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

oil lamp

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'make light' is the definition.
'oil lamp' can be an answer for 'light' (oil lamp is a kind of light). I am unsure of the 'make' bit.

'of palm oil' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates an anagram (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'palm'+'oil'='palmoil'
'palmoil' is an anagram of 'OIL-LAMP'.

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(Other definitions for oil lamp that I've seen before include "Light that burns kerosene" , "Early means of illumination" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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