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Inadvertent mistake as regards vision (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oversight

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'inadvertent mistake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'regards vision' is the wordplay.
'regards' becomes 'over' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'vision' becomes 'sight' ('sight' can be a synonym of 'vision').
'over'+'sight'='OVERSIGHT'

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(Other definitions for oversight that I've seen before include "error" , "A failure to notice, an omission" , "Shot giver due to unintentional omission" , "Carelessness" , "Supervision - omission" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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