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Idiotic person who's seen to have change of heart (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

witless

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'idiotic' is the definition.
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'person who's seen to have change of heart' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'person' could be 'wit' (wit is a kind of person) and 'wit' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'less' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for witless that I've seen before include "Daft" , "Out of one's mind (maybe scared)" , "Lacking sense, understanding or judgment" , "Foolish, stupid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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