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Seeing nothing wrong in being smart (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soignee

'being smart' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'seeing nothing wrong' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'wrong' indicates anagramming the letters.
'seeing'+'o'='seeingo'
'seeingo' with letters rearranged gives 'SOIGNEE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for soignee that I've seen before include "Of a Frenchwoman, wellgroomed and sophisticated" , "smart" , "No siege laid to well-groomed, classy kind of woman" , "Elegant female" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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