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Sees trouble, grabs a hat and gets out (7)

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I believe the answer is:

escapes

'gets out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'sees trouble grabs a hat' is the wordplay.
'trouble' indicates anagramming the letters.
'grabs' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a hat' becomes 'cap' (cap is a type of hat).
'sees' is an anagram of 'eses'.
'eses' going around 'cap' is 'ESCAPES'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for escapes that I've seen before include "Breaks free" , "Flights" , "Breaks out, gets away" , "Evades" , "Breaks loose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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