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Status seen wrongly as sharpness? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astuteness

'sharpness?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'status seen wrongly' is the wordplay.
'wrongly' is an anagram indicator.
'status'+'seen'='statusseen'
'statusseen' with letters rearranged gives 'ASTUTENESS'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for astuteness that I've seen before include "Penetration" , "Shrewdness" , "Canny" , "Sagacity" , "perception" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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