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Reportedly start understanding (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insight

'understanding' is the definition.
(I know that insight is a type of understanding)

'reportedly start' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'start' becomes 'incite' (I've seen this before).
'incite' sounds like 'INSIGHT'.

(Other definitions for insight that I've seen before include "Visible" , "Intuitive understanding" , "Ability to understand" , "Enlightenment" , "Furniture from Princes Street for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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