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Conspicuous way to accommodate a legal right (7)

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I believe the answer is:

salient

'conspicuous' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'way to accommodate a legal right' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'to accommodate' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'legal right' becomes 'lien' (legal term).
'a'+'lien'='alien'
'st' going around 'alien' is 'SALIENT'.

(Other definitions for salient that I've seen before include "Noteworthy" , "Projecting outwards; significant" , "Foremost" , "obvious" , "part of defences" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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