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Looks round centre of Florence, not a pretty sight (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyesore

'not a pretty sight' is the definition.

'looks round centre of florence' is the wordplay.
'looks' becomes 'eyes' (eyeing is a kind of looking).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'centre of' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle of 'florence' is 're'.
'eyes'+'o'+'re'='EYESORE'

(Other definitions for eyesore that I've seen before include "Something ugly to look at" , "Ugly structure" , "mess" , "Hideous building" , "Something exceedingly ugly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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