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Conspicuous-looking daggers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glaring

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(Other definitions for glaring that I've seen before include "Blatant" , "Dazzlingly bright" , "Angrily staring" , "Looking daggers; obvious (error)" , "Dazzling" .)

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