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Closely examine in changing main to sea (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anatomise

'closely examine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'changing main to sea' is the wordplay.
'changing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'main'+'to'+'sea'='maintosea'
'maintosea' with letters rearranged gives 'ANATOMISE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for anatomise that I've seen is " Closely examine".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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