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Strike a light! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lamp

This clue is a double definition.

'strike' is the first definition.
(lamp can mean to hit or strike)

'a light' is the second definition.
(lamp is a kind of light)

(Other definitions for lamp that I've seen before include "Source of artificial light" , "Artificial source of illumination" , "Florence Nightingale was the Lady with the . . . ." , "Table light" , "Source of light, usually portable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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