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John hides — Avtaar looks (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

miens

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'looks' is the definition.
(mien can mean someone's look or appearance)

'john hides avtaar' is the wordplay.
'john' becomes 'men's' (men's is a kind of john).
'hides' is an insertion indicator.
'avtaar' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mens' placed around 'i' is 'MIENS'.

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(Other definitions for miens that I've seen before include "Looks, manners" , "Manners in mines" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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