End up seeing number who attended (7)

I believe the answer is:

turnout

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'number who attended' is the definition.
(eg the turnout for a concert)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for turnout that I've seen before include "The number of people who came to a function" , "Expel" , "number of people coming to meeting" , "The crowd appearing at an event" , "Number of people attending an event" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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