Smart Album as selector within Smart Album

As far as I can tell, there is no way to have a Smart Album use as a parameter another Smart Album. iTunes allows this and I use it extensively.
Am I missing something?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. No, you're not missing anything. You can reference another SA in a SA.

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Within an Album? Drag and drop.
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TD

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