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Sight first seen in the outskirts of Virginia (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vista

'sight' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'first seen in the outskirts of virginia' is the wordplay.
'first' becomes 'ist'.
'seen in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters.
'virginia' with its middle removed is 'va'.
'ist' put into 'va' is 'VISTA'.

(Other definitions for vista that I've seen before include "Panorama" , "Prospect, view" , "One gives a long look" , "Pleasing view" , "Panoramic view" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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