Renews as a novel form of recognition (9)

I believe the answer is:

awareness

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'form of recognition' is the definition.
'awareness' can be an answer for 'recognition' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'form of' bit.

'renews as a novel' is the wordplay.
'novel' is an anagram indicator (letters in a new or novel order).
'renews'+'as'+'a'='renewsasa'
'renewsasa' with letters rearranged gives 'AWARENESS'.

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(Other definitions for awareness that I've seen before include "Consciousness, sentience" , "Knowledge or consciousness" , "Recognition" , "Insight" , "Consciousness, knowingness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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