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Appraisal Nutmeg's given in online post? (10)

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I believe the answer is:

estimation

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'appraisal' is the definition.
('estimation' can be a synonym of 'appraisal')

'nutmeg's given in online post?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'online' could be 'on' ('on' can be similar in meaning to 'online') and 'on' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for estimation that I've seen before include "View" , "Reckoning of value" , "Judgment" , "Guess" , "Opinion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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