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Bright spot at Princeton - students lifted standard - crikey! (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

sun parlor

'bright spot at princeton' is the definition.
(US spelling of 'sun parlour', eg in Princeton)

'students lifted standard crikey' is the wordplay.
'students' becomes 'nus' (I've seen this in other clues).
'lifted' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in down clue).
'standard' becomes 'par' (I've seen this before).
'crikey' becomes 'lor' (both are old-fashioned expressions of surprise).
'nus' backwards is 'sun'.
'sun'+'par'+'lor'='SUN PARLOR'

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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