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Hearty emotion produced in telephone call: "Lay off, that's disgusting!" (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belly laugh

'hearty emotion' is the definition.
(a loud, hearty laugh)

'telephone call lay off that's disgusting' is the wordplay.
'telephone call' becomes 'bell' (bell can mean a phone call).
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'that's disgusting' becomes 'ugh' (expression of disgust).
'lay' anagrammed gives 'yla'.
'bell'+'yla'+'ugh'='BELLY-LAUGH'

'produced in' is the link.

(Other definitions for belly laugh that I've seen before include "Loud guffaw" , "Loud reaction to humour" , "Huge guffaw" , "Unrestrained guffaw" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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