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Glance up to see part of castle (4)

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I believe the answer is:

keep

'part of castle' is the definition.
('keep' is part of 'castle')

'glance up' is the wordplay.
'glance' becomes 'peek' (I have seen 'Furtive glance ' mean 'peek' so perhaps 'glance' could also mean 'peek').
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'peek' back-to-front is 'KEEP'.

'to see' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for keep that I've seen before include "Main tower of a medieval castle" , "Hold - part of castle" , "Only one cricketer on field will" , "Retain, maintain" , "Board and lodgings, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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