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Seen in diagram, a random blot (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mar

'blot' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'seen in diagram a random' is the wordplay.
'seen in' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'MAR' is hidden in the letters of 'diagram a random'.

(Other definitions for mar that I've seen before include "Spoil or deface" , "Blight" , "wreck" , "Ram into and spoil" , "'Impair, spoil (3)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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