Says they smell, for example! (5)

I believe the answer is:

sense

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'smell for example' is the definition.
(I know that olfaction is a type of modality)

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(Other definitions for sense that I've seen before include "Meaning - feeling" , "eg Taste, smell" , "Purport" , "Faculty of perception" , "Suspect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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