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At the start West Ham is really revelling in noise made by fans? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whirr

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'noise made by fans?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'at the start west ham is really revelling' is the wordplay.
'at the start' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'west ham is really revelling' is 'WHIRR'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for whirr that I've seen before include "Revolve humming" , "Sound of something rapidly rotating" , "Sound of rapid spinning or vibrating" , "Sound of vibration" , "Turn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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