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Heard team were breathing heavily (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sighed

'were breathing heavily' is the definition.
(to sigh is to breathe heavily)

'heard team' is the wordplay.
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'side' is a homophone of 'SIGHED'.

(Other definitions for sighed that I've seen before include "Expressed impatience, longing" , "Breathed wearily" , "Took a deep audible breath" , "Moaned" , "Sounded weary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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