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Faculty for understanding news (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intelligence

This clue is a double definition.

'faculty for understanding' is the first definition.

'news' is the second definition.
('intelligence' can be a synonym of 'news')

(Other definitions for intelligence that I've seen before include "Covert information" , "Brains -- news" , "Mind; news" , "Covertly-gathered info" , "Ken" .)

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