Dazzle female with vintage eyewear (9)

I believe the answer is:

blindfold

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'eyewear' is the definition.
(I know that blindfold is a type of eyewear)

'dazzle female with vintage' is the wordplay.
'dazzle' becomes 'blind' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'vintage' becomes 'old' (I've seen this before).
'blind'+'f'+'old'='BLINDFOLD'

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(Other definitions for blindfold that I've seen before include "Stop one looking" , "Unable to see" , "bandage" , "headband" , "Stop seeing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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