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Notice blade and fluctuate (6)

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I believe the answer is:

seesaw

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'fluctuate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'notice blade' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'see' (notice can mean to spot or see).
'blade' becomes 'saw' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'see'+'saw'='SEESAW'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for seesaw that I've seen before include "Plaything with up-and-down movement" , "Go one way and then the other" , "swing" , "Child's game with plank on barrel" , "Children's playground item" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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