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Spots wife circling a playground attraction (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seesaw

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'playground attraction' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'spots wife circling a' is the wordplay.
'spots' becomes 'sees' (I've seen this in another clue).
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'circling' indicates putting letters inside (circling can mean going around or containing).
'sees'+'w'='seesw'
'seesw' placed around 'a' is 'SEESAW'.

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(Other definitions for seesaw that I've seen before include "Move back and forth" , "yo-yo" , "Plaything with up-and-down movement" , "source of imbalance" , "Piece of playground equipment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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