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Looking and prising five out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leering

'looking' is the definition.
(leering is a kind of looking)

'prising five out' is the wordplay.
'prising' becomes 'levering' ('lever' can be a synonym of 'prise').
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'out' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'levering' with 'v' removed is 'LEERING'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for leering that I've seen before include "giving the glad eye" , "Gazing lasciviously" , "Looking suggestively" , "Ogling" , "appearing lascivious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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