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Put up beams of light for the audience (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raise

'put up' is the definition.
('raise' can be a synonym of 'put up')

'beams of light for the audience' is the wordplay.
'beams of light' becomes 'rays' (I've seen this before).
'for the audience' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'rays' sounds like 'RAISE'.

(Other definitions for raise that I've seen before include "Make higher" , "Produce" , "Erect; grow" , "Care for during childhood" , "Hoist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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