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Letter I see as truly quoted (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sic

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'letter i see as truly quoted' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'letter i see' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 's' ().
'see' becomes 'C' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
's'+'i'+'c'='SIC'

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(Other definitions for sic that I've seen before include "Thus among musicians" , "'Thus, in printing (3)'" , "Quoted exactly as in the original; so" , "As it stands, in printing" , "Thus in Corsica" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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