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It's put on to hide a tear, it seems (10)

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I believe the answer is:

apparently

'it seems' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'it's put on to hide a tear' is the wordplay.
'it's put on' becomes 'apply' (synonyms).
'to hide' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tear' becomes 'rent' (rent is a kind of tear).
'a'+'rent'='arent'
'apply' placed around 'arent' is 'APPARENTLY'.

(Other definitions for apparently that I've seen before include "Clearly" , "so it seems" , "On the face of it" , "Seemingly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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