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Court witness offering impression about quiet individual (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deponent

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'court witness' is the definition.
'deponent' can be an answer for 'witness' (deponent is a kind of witness). I am not certain of the 'court' bit.

'impression about quiet individual' is the wordplay.
'impression' becomes 'dent' (dent is a kind of impression).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'individual' becomes 'one' (an individual is one person).
'p'+'one'='pone'
'dent' going around 'pone' is 'DEPONENT'.

'offering' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for deponent that I've seen before include "One making a statement under oath" , "Person giving evidence under oath" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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