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Hands, we hear, hesitate (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pause

'hesitate' is the definition.
(I know that hesitate can be written as pause)

'hands we hear' is the wordplay.
'hands' becomes 'paws' ('paw' can be a synonym of 'hand').
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'paws' sounds like 'PAUSE'.

(Other definitions for pause that I've seen before include "Temporary interruption" , "Temporary cessation" , "Stop briefly, take ten" , "Temporary inactivity" , "Temporary stop or hesitation" .)

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