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Sample survey given to people up front (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

preview

'sample' is the definition.
(a sample is a preview of something)

'survey given to people up front' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'survey' could be 'view' (synonyms) and 'view' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pre' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for preview that I've seen before include "special showing" , "See ahead" , "Advance showing before general release" , "Hint" , "early show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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