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Having extraordinary perception, possibly I elect to maintain course (10)

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I believe the answer is:

telepathic

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'having extraordinary perception' is the definition.
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'possibly i elect to maintain course' is the wordplay.
'possibly' is an anagram indicator.
'to maintain' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are controlled or maintained).
'course' becomes 'path' (path can mean a route or course).
'i'+'elect'='ielect'
'ielect' anagrammed gives 'teleic'.
'teleic' enclosing 'path' is 'TELEPATHIC'.

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(Other definitions for telepathic that I've seen before include "Able to read the minds of others?" , "Clairvoyant" , "Capable of thought transference" , "Extraordinarily communicative" , "Able to pick up ideas" .)

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