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My need is improved imagination (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

minds eye

'imagination' is the definition.
(mind's eye is a kind of imagination)

'my need is improved' is the wordplay.
'improved' indicates an anagram.
'my'+'need'+'is'='myneedis'
'myneedis' anagrammed gives 'MINDS EYE'.

(Other definitions for minds eye that I've seen before include "contemplation" , "memory's required" , "The faculty of imagination" .)

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