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Started smoking, perhaps (3)

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lit

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This clue might be a double definition.

'started' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'smoking perhaps' is the second definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for lit that I've seen before include "Fired" , "Set afire" , "fine writing in condensed form" , "Illuminated" , "Enlightened" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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