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Improvement seen by re-working the middle of Dennis the Menace (11)

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enhancement

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'improvement' is the definition.
(enhancement is a kind of improvement)

'working the middle of dennis the menace' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates an anagram.
'middle of' indicates the central letters.
The central letters of 'dennis' are 'nn'.
'the'+'nn'+'menace'='thennmenace'
'thennmenace' with letters rearranged gives 'ENHANCEMENT'.

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(Other definitions for enhancement that I've seen before include "this will improve things" , "Improvement in quality" , "What improves" , "Improving change" , "Heightening" .)

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