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Viewer allowed to get in a hole (6)

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I believe the answer is:

eyelet

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'hole' is the definition.
(hole for putting a shoelace through)

'viewer allowed to' is the wordplay.
'viewer' becomes 'eye' (organ which sees or views).
'allowed to' becomes 'let' (to let something happen is to allow it).
'eye'+'let'='EYELET'

'get in a' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for eyelet that I've seen before include "Small opening in needle for thread" , "Hole in needle through which thread passes" , "Small hole through which lace passes" , "Hole in shoe through which lace passes" , "Small lace-hole in shoe (6)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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