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Observe too much to give supervision? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oversee

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'observe' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'too much to give supervision?' is the wordplay.
'too much' becomes 'over' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to give supervision?' becomes 'see' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over'+'see'='OVERSEE'

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(Other definitions for oversee that I've seen before include "guide" , "Act as tutor" , "Invigilate" , "Disregard" , "Watch people toil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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