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Heard I was hard? Nonsense (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyewash

'nonsense' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'heard i was hard?' is the wordplay.
'heard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'hard?' becomes 'h'.
'i' is a homophone of 'eye'.
'eye'+'was'+'h'='EYEWASH'

(Other definitions for eyewash that I've seen before include "Nonsense (informal)" , "Visual cleansing agent - nonsense" , "rot?" , "Balderdash" , "Insincere talk or optical lotion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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