The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 2 letter word LIGHT UP
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More clues leading to the result LIGHT UP
- Crossword answer done, cheer!
- Start to burn as cheek punched by nasty thug
- Prepare to smoke? Ray finished
- Look happy to get solution to clue over
- Begin to sparkle, as smoker might?
- . Become visibly cheerful, seeing broadcast plug hit
- Have a fag to improve one’s mood
- Appear pleased to start smoking
- Promise to go topless on a horse, and suddenly look cheerful
- Take a drag and give a smile?
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The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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