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Saw clumsily into 50% of trees (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noticed

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'saw' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'clumsily into 50% of trees' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'into' is 'noti' which is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for noticed that I've seen before include "Clocked" , "Perceived or observed" , "Spotted" , "Seen" , "remarked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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