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Gentle hit, initially, Billy Liar's out of print (5)

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bloop

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'gentle hit' is the definition.
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'initially billy liar's out of print' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'billy liars out of print' is 'BLOOP'.

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(Other definitions for bloop that I've seen before include "Howling sound on radio" , "Effect of a howler in audio" .)

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