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A shout of "Well said!" (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hail

'a shout' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'well said' is the wordplay.
'well' becomes 'hale' (I've seen this in another clue).
'said' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'hale' is a homophone of 'HAIL'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for hail that I've seen before include "Icy precipitation" , "Precipitation - old greeting" , "Stones dropped" , "Greet; frozen rain" , "Welcome - sort of shower" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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