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Snarl, seeing no good in the story (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tangle

'snarl' is the definition.
('tangle' can be a synonym of 'snarl')

'no good in the story' is the wordplay.
'no' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'story' becomes 'tale' ('tale' can be a synonym of 'story').
'n'+'g'='ng'
'ng' placed within 'tale' is 'TANGLE'.

'seeing' is the link.

(Other definitions for tangle that I've seen before include "Jumbled mass" , "Twist confusedly" , "Jumble" , "argument" , "Snarl or confused mass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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