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Concerned with seeing dilapidated coal pit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

optical

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'concerned' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I don't see how they can define each other.

'seeing dilapidated coal pit' is the wordplay.
'seeing dilapidated' is an anagram indicator.
'coal'+'pit'='coalpit'
'coalpit' is an anagram of 'OPTICAL'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for optical that I've seen before include "Working with light" , "To do with sight, perhaps an illusion" , "Sort of illusion" , "Concerned with view" , "Concerning light" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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