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Use vision, including nose oddly for feeling (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sense

'for feeling' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'use vision including nose oddly' is the wordplay.
'use vision' becomes 'see' (to use one's sight).
'including' is an insertion indicator.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
The alternate letters of 'nose' are 'ns'.
'see' placed around 'ns' is 'SENSE'.

(Other definitions for sense that I've seen before include "eg Vision, hearing" , "Feel, perceive" , "See 16" , "may be common" , "One of five main faculties" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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