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Perceive intelligence shown by head (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

witness

'perceive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'intelligence shown by head' is the wordplay.
'intelligence' becomes 'wit' (wit is a kind of intelligence).
'shown by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'head' becomes 'ness' (type of geographical point).
'wit'+'ness'='WITNESS'

(Other definitions for witness that I've seen before include "One giving evidence" , "Spectator" , "Evidence, proof" , "One who saw an event, may give evidence" , "Court testifier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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