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Direct view here in the fog is nil, unfortunately (4,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

line of sight

'direct view here' is the definition.
(the line of sight gives you a direct view)

'the fog is nil unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates an anagram (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'the'+'fog'+'is'+'nil'='thefogisnil'
'thefogisnil' with letters rearranged gives 'LINE OF SIGHT'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for line of sight that I've seen is " Link between the eye and an observed object".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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