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Superintend but miss something? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overlook

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(Other definitions for overlook that I've seen before include "Fail to observe or decide to ignore" , "Give a view from above - miss" , "Disregard" , "Ignore or fail to see" , "Ignore a fault or have a view from above" .)

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