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See round most of private little wood (7)

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I believe the answer is:

spinney

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'little wood' is the definition.
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'see round most of private' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'spy' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'private' becomes 'inner' (as in one's private or inner thoughts).
'inner' with its final letter taken away is 'inne'.
'spy' placed around 'inne' is 'SPINNEY'.

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(Other definitions for spinney that I've seen before include "Copse of trees" , "little wood" , "Small wood with undergrowth" , "Cops, we hear" , "Small clump of trees" .)

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