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Direct view of Spooner's indication of dawn? (4,2,5)

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I believe the answer is:

line of sight

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'direct view' is the definition.
'line of sight' can be an answer for 'view' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'direct' bit.

'of spooner's indication of dawn?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'indication' could be 'line' (line is a kind of indication) and 'line' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(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 Telegraph.
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