Crossword Genius

Nice to see moderate article embracing acceptable opinion (4,2,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easy on the eye

'nice to see' is the definition.
('easy on the eye' means nice to look at)

'moderate article embracing acceptable opinion' is the wordplay.
'moderate' becomes 'easy'.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'embracing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'acceptable' becomes 'on' (as opposed to not on, unacceptable).
'opinion' becomes 'eye' ('in the eyes of...' means 'in the opinion of...').
'easy'+'the'='easythe'
'easythe' placed around 'on' is 'easyonthe'.
'easyonthe'+'eye'='EASY ON THE EYE'

(Other definitions for easy on the eye that I've seen before include "Visually pleasing" , "Pleasant to look at" , "Attractive" , "Nice to look at" , "Good to look at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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