For instance had penetrating light? (5)
I believe the answer is:
lased
'penetrating light?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a verb in its base form which matches the answer.
'for instance had' is the wordplay.
'for instance' becomes 'lase' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'had' becomes 'd' (in contractions e.g. 'I'd', 'you'd' etc).
'lase'+'d'='LASED'
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