An excellent view of the tower we hear (6)

I believe the answer is:

eyeful

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'an excellent view' is the definition.
'eyeful' can be an answer for 'view' (eyeful is a kind of view). I'm not certain of the 'an excellent' bit.

'the tower we hear' is the wordplay.
'the tower' becomes 'eiffel' (Eiffel Tower is an example).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'eiffel' is a homophone of 'EYEFUL'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for eyeful that I've seen before include "Does a pupil contribute to this" , "Here butcher's" , "fascinating spectacle?" , "Attractive sight" , "Something worth looking at" .)

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

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