The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word AGLEAM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result AGLEAM
- Shining silver lead for hound
- Shining silver meadow with a hint of mist
- Shining silver lamé creation
- Sparkling silver accompanying cooked meal
- Shining silver light almost encircling earth
- Education officials in formal meeting becoming incandescent
- Shining silver pound sweetheart’s pocketed
- Beaming as a good meal’s dished up
- Shining as bird of prey heading off in the morning
- Bright girl taken in by a cunning male
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The straight part
We know that "Shining" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shining = agleam.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AGLEAM mean?
AGLEAM adjective- Glowing with subdued light.