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Character of eg hairdo quietly altered (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ideograph

'character' is the definition.
(I know that ideograph is a type of character)

'eg hairdo quietly altered' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (musical symbol).
'altered' indicates an anagram.
'eg'+'hairdo'+'p'='eghairdop'
'eghairdop' with letters rearranged gives 'IDEOGRAPH'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for ideograph that I've seen before include "symbol" , "sort of character!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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