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Measure of intelligence, say, not quite sorted out (8)

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I believe the answer is:

quotient

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'measure of intelligence' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'not quite sorted out' is the wordplay.
'sorted out' is an anagram indicator.
'not'+'quite'='notquite'
'notquite' is an anagram of 'QUOTIENT'.

'say' is the link.

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(Other definitions for quotient that I've seen before include "In maths, it's obtained by dividing one quantity by another" , "Result of division sum" , "Result of division (maths)" , "Not quite (anag) - ratio" , "The Q in IQ" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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