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Nonchalance in a sense is affected (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easiness

'nonchalance' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a sense is affected' is the wordplay.
'affected' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'sense'+'is'='asenseis'
'asenseis' anagrammed gives 'EASINESS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for easiness that I've seen before include "Facile quality" , "Lack of difficulty" , "Nonchalance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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