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Source of light initially (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sol

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'source of light initially' is the definition.
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'source of light initially' is the wordplay.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'source of light' is 'SOL'.

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(Other definitions for sol that I've seen before include "Musical note" , "Note, old french coin" , "A Latin sun" , "The sun in Spain" , "The Sun (or Campbell?)" .)

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