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A sense of the odd slingshot (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sight

'a sense' is the definition.
(sight or vision is a sense)

'the odd slingshot' is the wordplay.
'the odd' means one should take alternating letters.
The alternate letters of 'slingshot' are 'SIGHT'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sight that I've seen before include "Bodily faculty" , "Sense" , "24" , "Aiming device on gun" , "Visual perception" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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