Common sense in Pointless seen only briefly (4)
I believe the answer is:
nous
'common sense' is the definition.
(nous is a kind of common sense)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nous that I've seen before include "we recognised in Nancy" , "Native wit" , "French common sense" , "Common sense: mind or reason" , "Common sense, rhymes with house" .)