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A singular aid to vision (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyeglass

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This could be a double definition.

'a singular' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'aid to vision' is the second definition.
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(Other definitions for eyeglass that I've seen before include "Lens for aiding defective vision" , "Monocle, or spectacles in plural" , "Aid to vision" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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