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Minor difficulty with power cut (5)

Ross

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light

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(Other definitions for light that I've seen before include "answer to clue" , "Easily lifted" , "Form of radiation - not serious" , "not overburdened" , "Opposite of dark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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