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Where you can’t see, hence debts shine sort of (6,3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

behind the scenes

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'where you can't' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is not.

'hence debts shine sort of' is the wordplay.
'sort of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hence'+'debts'+'shine'='hencedebtsshine'
'hencedebtsshine' anagrammed gives 'BEHIND THE SCENES'.

'see' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for behind the scenes that I've seen before include "responsible for acts, partly" , "in the private sector" , "Playwright is" , "out of public view" , "Where stage hands work" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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