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It’s rare seeing her here juggling with two clubs (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recherche

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'it's rare' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'her here juggling with two clubs' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'her' could be 'cher' and 'cher' is located in the answer.
'clubs' could be 'c' (abbreviation used in card games such as bridge) and 'c' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'here' is 'rehe' which is located in the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'seeing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for recherche that I've seen before include "choice" , "Rare or far-fetched, like her creche" , "Rare, exotic, obscure" , "Rare or exotic (French)" , "Little-known" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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