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Look into quarry trial (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pilot

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

'look into quarry' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'lo'.
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'quarry' becomes 'pit' ('pit' can be a synonym of 'quarry').
'lo' placed into 'pit' is 'PILOT'.

(Other definitions for pilot that I've seen before include "Person in charge of aircraft" , "who shows the way?" , "One-off programme" , "Lead" , "Drive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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