Intersection of kernels which contains a subspace

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Let $X$ be a normed space. Assume $Y\subset X$ is a linear subspace of $X$. Prove that $$\overline{Y}=\bigcap_{f\in X^*,\mathrm{ker}f\supset Y}\mathrm{ker}f$$

I was able to prove that $\overline{Y}\subseteq\bigcap_{f\in X^*,\mathrm{ker}f\supset Y}\mathrm{ker}f$. However, I couldn't find a way to show the converse.

My attempt: Obviously, a direct way to attack the problem it would be consider a $y\in \cap_{f\in X^*,\mathrm{ker}f\supset Y}\mathrm{ker}f$ and construct a sequence of $\{y_n\}_n\subset Y$ such that $y_n\rightarrow y$ in norm. I was thinking in the following identity $$\lvert\lvert y_n-y\rvert\rvert=\sup_{f\in X^*,\lvert\lvert f\rvert\rvert\leq1}|f(y_n-y)|.$$ Since the qualities of $y$ are stated in terms of bounded functionals, but my attempt was unfruitful.

Is there any suggestion or hint to approach the exercise?

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I'll turn my comment into an answer.

Using the second importance consequence on Wikipedia: we see that for each $w \in V \setminus \overline{Y}$. There exists a linear functional that vanishes on $Y$ and $f(w)=1 \notin \ker f$, which implies that $w \notin \bigcap \ker f$. Hence, it follows that their intersection is contained in the closure of $Y$.


On SE, the second consequence is proven here.