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Sense I place in hearing? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyesight

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'sense' is the definition.
(eyesight is a kind of sense)

'i place in hearing?' is the wordplay.
'i' becomes 'eye' (I've seen this in other clues).
'place in hearing?' becomes 'sight' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'eye'+'sight'='EYESIGHT'

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(Other definitions for eyesight that I've seen before include "Yes, eight required for vision" , "Seeing faculty" , "Visual faculty" , "What's needed to see" , "Requirement to look" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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