Seeing something, I cry out loud (7)

I believe the answer is:

eyeball

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'seeing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'i cry out loud' is the wordplay.
'i' becomes 'eye' (I've seen this in other clues).
'cry out' becomes 'bawl'.
'loud' shows a homophone (sound like).
'bawl' sounds like 'ball'.
'eye'+'ball'='EYEBALL'

'something' is the link.
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(Other definitions for eyeball that I've seen before include "pupil found here" , "Observe closely" , "Organ of sight" , "Spherical optical organ" , "Stare at closely; organ" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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