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Hear again about something improved by conversion (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retry

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'hear again' is the definition.
('try' can be a synonym for 'hear' so perhaps 'retry' is OK for 'hear again')

'about something improved by conversion' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'about' could be 're' (regarding) and 're' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'try' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for retry that I've seen before include "Have another go" , "Hear (a case) again" , "Advice following failure, initially" , "take second opinion on case" , "Put on trial again" .)

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