Quality of being new and intriguing (7)

I believe the answer is:

novelty

(Other definitions for novelty that I've seen before include "prompting curiosity" , "Middle-Eastern language" , "New thing" , "Freshness" , "Originality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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