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Young bird lacks the vision to be smart (4)

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I believe the answer is:

chic

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'to be smart' is the definition.
(both can mean stylish)

'young bird lacks' is the wordplay.
'young bird' becomes 'chick' (I've seen this before).
'lacks' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'lacking' mean this (the word is incomplete or lacking)).
'chick' with its final letter removed is 'CHIC'.

'the vision' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for chic that I've seen before include "Elegant and stylishly fashionable" , "cool" , "Unwanted sounds" , "Fashionably smart" , "Snazzy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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