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Heart in sound body (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

corps

'body' is the definition.
(I know that corps is a type of body)

'heart in sound' is the wordplay.
'heart' becomes 'core' (synonyms).
'in sound' shows a homophone (sound like).
'core' sounds like 'CORPS'.

(Other definitions for corps that I've seen before include "gang" , "Specialised mil. body" , "Group of soldiers" , "Army division" , "army band" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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