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Look into mantis, for one, devouring partner's head (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inspect

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'look into' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mantis for one devouring partner's head' is the wordplay.
'mantis for one' becomes 'insect' (mantis is a kind of insect).
'devouring' is an insertion indicator.
'partner's head' becomes 'p' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'insect' enclosing 'p' is 'INSPECT'.

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(Other definitions for inspect that I've seen before include "test" , "Ecamine closely" , "Go over" , "Study" , "Scan" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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