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Head of Parlophone loves scat (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

poo

'scat' is the definition.
(both can informally mean excrement)

'head of parlophone loves' is the wordplay.
'head of' suggests taking the first letters.
'loves' becomes 'oo' (love means 0 in tennis).
The initial letter of 'parlophone' is 'p'.
'p'+'oo'='POO'

(Other definitions for poo that I've seen before include "Expression of disgust; sounds like bear" , "Expression of disgust (at, eg, bad smell)" , "number two?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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