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"To the best of my knowledge, Caesarean's largely safe," I snarled (2,3,2,1,3,3)

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as far as i can see

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'to the best of my knowledge' is the definition.
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'caesarean's largely safe i snarled' is the wordplay.
'largely' means to remove the last letter (most but not all of the letters).
'snarled' indicates anagramming the letters (to snarl can mean to entangle or twist).
'safe' with its final letter removed is 'saf'.
'caesareans'+'saf'+'i'='caesareanssafi'
'caesareanssafi' anagrammed gives 'AS FAR AS I CAN SEE'.

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(Other definitions for as far as i can see that I've seen before include "to my knowledge" , "To the best of my understanding" , "The faintest star is" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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