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Conceive of silver being discovered in one excavation (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imagine

'conceive of' is the definition.
('imagine' can be a synonym of 'conceive of')

'silver being discovered in one excavation' is the wordplay.
'silver' becomes 'ag' ('Ag' can be a synonym of 'silver').
'being discovered in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'excavation' becomes 'mine' (mine is a kind of excavation**).
'i'+'mine'='imine'
'ag' placed into 'imine' is 'IMAGINE'.

(Other definitions for imagine that I've seen before include "Suppose; conceive" , "Assume" , "Picture in mind, envisage" , "Reckon" , "Picture to oneself" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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