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Throat-clearing sound (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ahem

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">throat-clearing sound</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for ahem that I've seen before include "Cough to draw attention" , "Sound used to attract attention" , "attempt to attract attention" , "Throat clearance to attract attention" , "Polite noise to draw attention" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, The New York Times, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, the USA Today and the Newsday.
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