Flare having remarkably little weight (9)

I believe the answer is:

verylight

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'flare' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'remarkably little weight' is the wordplay.
'remarkably' becomes 'very' (to a considerable degree).
'little weight' becomes 'light' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'very'+'light'='VERYLIGHT'

'having' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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