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Detect person's elastic slipping, a source of optim­istic views (4-6,10)

Ross

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rose-tinted spectacles

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'detect person's elastic slipping a source of optimistic views' is the definition.
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'detect person's elastic slipping a source of optimistic views' is the wordplay.
'slipping' indicates an anagram.
'a source of optimistic views' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'detect'+'person'+'elastic'='detectpersonelastic'
'detectpersonelastic' is an anagram of 'rosetintedspectacle'.
'rosetintedspectacle'+'s'='ROSE-TINTED SPECTACLES'

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(Another definition for rose-tinted spectacles that I've seen is " They give an unduly optimistic perspective on things".)

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