The Clue
Shedding light on (8 letter answer)
The Answer
EXPOSING
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Notes
The answer EXPOSING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
EXPOSE as a verb:
1. expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
2. (unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out) = make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
3. (expose, exhibit, display) = to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
4. (uncover, expose) = remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"
5. (disclose, expose) = disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
6. (queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril) = put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
7. expose to light, of photographic film
8. (debunk, expose) = expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
9. abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"