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Ring about including part - one relating to the eye (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

optic

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'relating to the eye' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ring about including part one' is the wordplay.
'ring about' becomes 'oc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'including' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'part' becomes 'pt' (abbreviation).
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'pt'+'i'='pti'
'oc' enclosing 'pti' is 'OPTIC'.

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(Other definitions for optic that I've seen before include "Picot (anag.)" , "Of sight or the eye" , "Related to sight" , "Device for measuring gin etc" , "affecting vision?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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