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Perfect being lighter? Not so (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

matchless

'perfect' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'lighter? not so' is the wordplay.
'lighter?' becomes 'match' (match is a kind of lighter**).
'not so' becomes 'less' (I've seen this before).
'match'+'less'='MATCHLESS'

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for matchless that I've seen before include "Unequalled" , "Without peer, nonpariel" , "Perfect" , "Having no equal" , "team without a fixture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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