The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LIT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result LIT
- In elevator with missing female
- Shining learner having that certain something
- Books briefly / on fire
- Turned on section of artillery in retreat
- Settled one of several pieces of political instability militarily
- Creative writing, in short, was illuminating
- Illuminated only every third character
- Brilliant books
- Burned books
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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 = lit.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LIT mean?
LIT verb- To start (a fire).
- To set fire to; to set burning.
- To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- To become ignited; to take fire.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- To find by chance.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- To alight; to land or come down.
- To run or light (alight).
- Illuminated.
- Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.
- Sexually aroused (usually of a female), especially visibly sexually aroused.
- Exciting, captivating; fun.
- Excellent, fantastic; cool.
- Little.
- Little.
- Colour; blee; dye; stain.
- To colour; dye.
- The body of all written works.
- The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture.
- (usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
- Written fiction of a high standard.