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Declaring as evidence of examination into strange giant (9)

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attesting

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'declaring' is the definition.
(attesting is a kind of declaring)

'examination into strange giant' is the wordplay.
'examination' becomes 'test' (synonyms).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'strange' indicates anagramming the letters.
'giant' anagrammed gives 'ating'.
'test' going into 'ating' is 'ATTESTING'.

'as evidence of' is the link.
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(Other definitions for attesting that I've seen before include "Declaring that something is the case" , "Witnessing" , "being a witness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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