Crossword Genius

Mystery no light has ever been shed on? (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dark secret

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'no light has ever been shed on?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'mystery' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'mystery' could be 'secret' (I've seen this before) and 'secret' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dark' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for dark secret that I've seen is " something to hide".)

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