The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 1 plus 5 letter word IN A SENSE
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More clues leading to the result IN A SENSE
- At home, a sight? Possibly
- See Nina Simone’s debut, jazzy to a limited extent
- Sort of home when seen refurbished
- Sort of fashionable when seen differently
- Sort of naiveté, some might say
- Unconfined uneasiness resolved after a fashion
- Popular when seen drunk, to some extent
- To some extent at home before a hearing perhaps
- Sort of sounds like purity
- Looking from a particular angle, see inn as wicked
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