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Cry of sheep left in pound (5)

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bleat

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'cry' is the definition.
(bleat is a kind of cry)

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(Other definitions for bleat that I've seen before include "Make complaint" , "Plaintive cry" , "Cry of a lamb at table" , "Sheep's weak cry" , "Say baa!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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