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How Len tires of being an attentive fellow (8)

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I believe the answer is:

listener

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'an attentive fellow' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'how len tires' is the wordplay.
'how' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'len'+'tires'='lentires'
'lentires' is an anagram of 'LISTENER'.

'of being' is the link.

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(Other definitions for listener that I've seen before include "one should be able to hear it" , "Eavesdropper" , "Member of radio audience" , "Person paying aural attention" , "Former BBC magazine" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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