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I said I could be on the lookout (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eye

'i could be on the lookout' is the definition.
(an eye looks at things)

'i said' is the wordplay.
'said' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'i' is a homophone of 'EYE'.

(Other definitions for eye that I've seen before include "Body organ" , "Look at with interest" , "May be private" , "'Cast a cold ... on life, on death' (Yeats)" , "Optical organ" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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