Here are the possible solutions for like a burned out bulb clue
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oslin
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Grammy-winner K.T. whose ode "80's Ladies" claims "We burned our bras / And we burned our dinners / And we burned our candles at both ends" haha sounds like us
unlit
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Like a burned-out bulb
has
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Less Than Jake "The Brightest Bulb ___ Burned Out"
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HAVE, to possess
idea
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Incandescent light bulb depiction (because I have yet to see a CFL bulb depict one)