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Blind to half a limb lying in the salient (9)

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I believe the answer is:

oblivious

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'blind to' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'half a limb lying in the salient' is the wordplay.
'half' suggests halving the letters.
'lying in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the salient' becomes 'obvious' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'limb' halved is 'li'.
'li' placed into 'obvious' is 'OBLIVIOUS'.

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(Other definitions for oblivious that I've seen before include "Absent-mindedly unaware" , "Ignorant" , "Totally unaware" , "Not noticing" , "Unconscious" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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