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Sound position, in a sense (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sight

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

'sound position' is the wordplay.
'sound' shows a homophone (sound like).
'position' becomes 'site' (site is a kind of position).
'site' sounds like 'SIGHT'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sight that I've seen before include "Vista" , "Observe" , "Power of vision" , "a great deal" , "Device used in aiming" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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