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Can you hear him in the dispensary? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

spencer

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'him in the dispensary?' is the definition.
'Spencer' can be an answer for 'him'. I'm not sure about the 'in the dispensary?' bit.

'can you hear' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'can' could be 'pen' (I've seen this before) and 'pen' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for spencer that I've seen before include "One of the 22 [FRANKS] very clumsy on TV" , "British painter" , "Old short vest" , "Garment" , "Princess Di originally" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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