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Glance from wealthy alien holding company (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ricochet

'glance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wealthy alien holding company' is the wordplay.
'wealthy' becomes 'rich' ('rich' can be similar in meaning to 'wealthy').
'alien' becomes 'et' (extra terrestrial).
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'rich'+'et'='richet'
'richet' going around 'co' is 'RICOCHET'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ricochet that I've seen before include "Glance" , "Film" , "Bounce (off)" , "Rebound from surface as missile might - hectic or what?" , "Glancing rebound" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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