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Easily grasped by many a listener (5)

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I believe the answer is:

clear

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'easily' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'grasped by many a listener' is the wordplay.
'grasped by' becomes 'c' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'many' becomes 'l'.
'a listener' becomes 'ear' (body part which hears or listens).
'c'+'l'+'ear'='CLEAR'

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(Other definitions for clear that I've seen before include "Lucid; to empty" , "Transparent, easy to see through" , "Plainly" , "Empty - vault" , "Obvious; remove obstructions from" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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