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Wonderful bit of reading, I see (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magic

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

'bit of reading i see' is the wordplay.
'bit of reading i' becomes 'magi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'see' becomes 'C' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
'magi'+'c'='MAGIC'

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(Other definitions for magic that I've seen before include "Marvellous" , "Conjuror's art" , "Wonderful" , "Sprinkling of fairy dust" , "Wizardry - wizard!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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