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Liberal European circle supports end of inane ogling (7)

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I believe the answer is:

leering

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'ogling' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'liberal european circle supports end of inane' is the wordplay.
'liberal european' becomes 'le' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'circle' becomes 'ring' ('ring' can be a synonym of 'circle').
'supports' says to put letters next to each other (bottom letters provide a support for the top ones).
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'inane' is 'e'.
'ring' after 'e' is 'ering'.
'le'+'ering'='LEERING'

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(Other definitions for leering that I've seen before include "appearing lascivious" , "Ogling" , "giving the glad eye" , "Looking suggestively" , "Gazing lasciviously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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