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Disregarding bell sound from a string? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

violating

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'disregarding' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bell sound from a string?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'sound' could be 'ting' (tinging is a kind of sounding) and 'ting' is located in the answer.
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for violating that I've seen before include "Disregarding" , "Disturbing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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