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Boy with nets and lines (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sonnets

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'lines' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'boy with nets' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'son' (synonyms).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'son'+'nets'='SONNETS'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sonnets that I've seen before include "Sent son to find short poems" , "Fourteen-line poems" , "verses" , "lifted poems" .)

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