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Hear icon drum (6)

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I believe the answer is:

cymbal

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'drum' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'hear icon' is the wordplay.
'hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'icon' becomes 'symbol' (an icon is a symbol or image).
'symbol' is a homophone of 'CYMBAL'.

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(Other definitions for cymbal that I've seen before include "One of a pair of brass plates clashed together" , "Crashing instrument" , "Origin of the Clash" , "Percussion instrument like brass plate" , "One of clashing pair" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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