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Give an indication that you hear (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assign

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'give an indication that you hear' is the definition.
'assign' can be an answer for 'give' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the rest of the definition.

'give an indication' is the wordplay.
'give an' becomes 'as' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'indication' becomes 'sign' (I've seen this in another clue).
'as'+'sign'='ASSIGN'

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(Other definitions for assign that I've seen before include "(Of a job) allocate to someone" , "Give a task to" , "Allot, allocate" , "Allocate; designate" , "Allocate (a task or duty)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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