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Properly adjusted car lights give good illumination (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arc lamps

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'good illumination' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'properly adjusted car lights' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'car' is 'arc' which is located in the answer.
'lights' could be 'lamps' (lamp is a kind of light) and 'lamps' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'give' is the link.

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(Other definitions for arc lamps that I've seen before include "lighting" , "One of these gives beam" , "lights" .)

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