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Harmless illegal pot one has being seized (11)

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I believe the answer is:

inoffensive

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'harmless' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'illegal pot one has being seized' is the wordplay.
'illegal pot' becomes 'inoff' (an in-off is a way of potting a ball in billiards. I am not sure about the 'illegal' bit.).
'one has' becomes 'I've' (contraction of I have).
'being' becomes 'ens' (philosophical term for being or existence).
'seized' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'inoff'+'ive'='inoffive'
'inoffive' placed around 'ens' is 'INOFFENSIVE'.

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(Another definition for inoffensive that I've seen is " Harmless -- not objectionable".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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