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Be quiet and listen to this! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hist

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'be quiet and listen' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'this' is the wordplay.
'this' can be anagrammed to 'HIST'.
However, I'm unsure how this is indicated.

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for hist that I've seen is " Silence".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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