Quoting what one's said to be seeing? (6)

I believe the answer is:

citing

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'quoting' is the definition.
('cite' can be a synonym of 'quote')

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for citing that I've seen before include "Quoting" , "Referencing, referring to" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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