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Fancy getting a point after aiming badly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imagine

'fancy' is the definition.
(I know that fancy is a more specific form of the action imagine)

'a point after aiming badly' is the wordplay.
'a point' becomes 'e' (compass point).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'aiming' is an anagram of 'imagin'.
'e' after 'imagin' is 'IMAGINE'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for imagine that I've seen before include "Devise" , "Enigma, I? (anag)" , "Picture, conceive" , "Conceive; fancy" , "Fancy - Lennon song" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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