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Compliant, seeing nothing crooked about finish (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obedient

'compliant' is the definition.
('obedient' can be similar in meaning to 'compliant')

'nothing crooked about finish' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'crooked' becomes 'bent' ('bent' can be similar in meaning to 'crooked').
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'finish' becomes 'die'.
'bent' going around 'die' is 'bedient'.
'o'+'bedient'='OBEDIENT'

'seeing' is the link.

(Other definitions for obedient that I've seen before include "Complying with commands" , "Deferential" , "Submissive, compliant" , "A good dog should be" , "Doing as one's told" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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