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Spots onset of growth during complex recession (10)

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I believe the answer is:

recognises

'spots' is the definition.
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'onset of growth during complex recession' is the wordplay.
'onset of' indicates taking the first letters.
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'complex' indicates an anagram.
The first letter of 'growth' is 'g'.
'recession' anagrammed gives 'reconises'.
'g' placed within 'reconises' is 'RECOGNISES'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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