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Sight provided by glasses, limited (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spectacle

'sight' is the definition.
(spectacle is a kind of sight)

'glasses limited' is the wordplay.
'glasses' becomes 'spectacles' ('spectacles' can be a synonym of 'glasses').
'limited' means to remove the last letter.
'spectacles' with its last letter taken away is 'SPECTACLE'.

'provided by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for spectacle that I've seen before include "Entertaining sight, they help to see in the plural" , "Impressive public sight" , "Wonder" , "Lavish entertainment" , "worth looking at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Telegraph.
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