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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' is an anagram indicator.
'middle of' says to take the centre.
The middle 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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