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Observe perhaps in so many words (7)

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verbose

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'observe perhaps in so many words' is the definition.
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'observe perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'observe' with letters rearranged gives 'VERBOSE'.

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(Other definitions for verbose that I've seen before include "Using too many words, too talkative" , "Wordy, prolix" , "Circumlocutory" , "not given to Trappist ways" , "Talkative, given to saying too much" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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