Suspect severe cop exposed witness unintentionally (7)
I believe the answer is:
oversee
'suspect severe cop exposed witness unintentionally' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'suspect severe cop exposed' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates anagramming the letters (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'exposed' means to look at the middle letters (the inside of the word is exposed).
The central letter of 'cop' is 'o'.
'severe'+'o'='severeo'
'severeo' anagrammed gives 'OVERSEE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oversee that I've seen before include "Exercise supervision" , "Supervise, keep an eye on" , "Administer" , "Keep an eye on like foreman" , "guide" .)