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A word in one's ear from aides (5)

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I believe the answer is:

aside

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'a word in one's ear' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'from aides' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates anagramming the letters (from the letters).
'aides' anagrammed gives 'ASIDE'.

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(Other definitions for aside that I've seen before include "Stage whisper" , "Actors comment to his audience" , "Actor's covert line" , "Separately" , "secretly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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