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Well lit line travelling all the way down into big city every evening (7)

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nightly

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(Other definitions for nightly that I've seen before include "When owls fly" , "when Casanova in action?" , "Happening every evening" , "Regularly during the hours of darkness" , "Every day between sunset and sunrise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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