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Be like Norman William, sounding like a nut (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conquer

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'be like norman william sounding like a nut' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'sounding like a nut' is the wordplay.
'sounding like' shows a homophone (sound like).
'a nut' becomes 'conker' (the nut of a horse chestnut tree).
'conker' sounds like 'CONQUER'.

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(Other definitions for conquer that I've seen before include "to follow William's example" , "Put down by force" , "Overcome militarily" , "Act like William" , "Crush" .)

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