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E
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e
(4)
E … e (4)
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The whole clue is the definition (& lit or double definition).
How the clue works
Look at E … e — the whole clue is a visual cryptic definition. You've got a capital E, a long pause, then a faint little e trailing off in the distance, which is a picture of the answer rather than a description of it. The image does all the work here, with no separate wordplay component.