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Address tone from mentors (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mrs

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'address' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'tone from mentors' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'mentors' with 'tone' removed is 'MRS'.

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(Other definitions for mrs that I've seen before include "Married woman's title" , "Call the married woman" , "Wife" , "She's married" , "Title of married woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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