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Stress seen in sheep as I'm around! (9)

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I believe the answer is:

emphasise

'stress' is the definition.
(I know that stress can be written as emphasise)

'sheep as i'm around' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates an anagram.
'sheep'+'as'+'im'='sheepasim'
'sheepasim' with letters rearranged gives 'EMPHASISE'.

'seen in' is the link.

(Other definitions for emphasise that I've seen before include "'Stress, accentuate (9)'" , "Place stress on" , "Give extra importance to" , "Stress, underline" , "Mashes pie (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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