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Solve value n, somehow about right (7)

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I believe the answer is:

unravel

'solve' is the definition.
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'value n somehow about right' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'value'+'n'='valuen'
'valuen' anagrammed gives 'unavel'.
'unavel' going around 'r' is 'UNRAVEL'.

(Other definitions for unravel that I've seen before include "Disentangle knitted wool or solve mystery" , "Sort out" , "Unpick, untangle" , "Come undone; solve" , "Solve the problem" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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