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Transport cafe onto thief, seemingly (2,3,4,2,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on the face of it

'seemingly' is the definition.
('on the face of it' can be a synonym of 'seemingly')

'transport cafe onto thief' is the wordplay.
'transport' is an anagram indicator (each letter must be moved or 'transported').
'cafe'+'onto'+'thief'='cafeontothief'
'cafeontothief' anagrammed gives 'ON THE FACE OF IT'.

(Other definitions for on the face of it that I've seen before include "Apparently (2,3,4,2,2)" , "Ostensibly (2,3,4,2,2)" , "at a quick glance" , "as it would appear" , "Where over mountain one might see climber" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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