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Understanding it's close enough to see (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insight

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'understanding' is the definition.
(I know that insight is a type of understanding)

'close enough to see' is the wordplay.
'close enough' becomes 'in' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to see' becomes 'sight' (I've seen this before).
'in'+'sight'='INSIGHT'

'it's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for insight that I've seen before include "ability to perceive clearly" , "Furniture from Princes Street for" , "Acute understanding" , "Visible" , "Imaginative penetration" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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