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Love light fragrance shimmering (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opalescent

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'shimmering' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'love light fragrance' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'love' could be 'o' (love means zero in tennis) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'light' could be 'pale' (similar in meaning) and 'pale' is present in the answer.
'fragrance' could be 'scent' (synonyms) and 'scent' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for opalescent that I've seen before include "Shot" , "shimmering" , "Sparkling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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