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Able to be looked upon as intelligent perception (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insight

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'able to be looked' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'as intelligent perception' is the wordplay.
'as' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'intelligent perception' becomes 'sight' (sight is a kind of perception. I am not sure about the 'intelligent' bit.).
'in'+'sight'='INSIGHT'

'upon' is the link.

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(Other definitions for insight that I've seen before include "Enlightenment" , "Deep understanding" , "Furniture from Princes Street for" , "Intuitive understanding" , "comprehension" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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