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Possibility of night called for this in power cut? (11)

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I believe the answer is:

candlelight

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'power cut?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both types of natural phenomena as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'possibility of night called for this' is the wordplay.
'night called' anagrams to 'CANDLELIGHT'.
Though, I'm not clear how this is indicated.

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for candlelight that I've seen before include "Dim illumination from tapers, etc" , "Early illumination" , "Romantic glow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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