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Catch sight of small earthenware vessel (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spot

'catch sight of' is the definition.
(spotting is a kind of catching sight of)

'small earthenware vessel' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'earthenware vessel' becomes 'pot'.
's'+'pot'='SPOT'

(Other definitions for spot that I've seen before include "station" , "Observe - locality" , "Espy; mark" , "Notice; sign of acne" , "See; round mark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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