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Couldn't you listen to him for a fiver? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tenor

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'couldn't you listen to him for a fiver?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for tenor that I've seen before include "Highest male voice" , "Eg, Luciano Pavarotti" , "thread" , "Higher male voice" , "Male voice of high pitch, like Luciano" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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