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If you'll listen, she'll give you a ring (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belle

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'if you'll listen she'll give you a' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'ring' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'ring' could be 'bell' (both can mean to call on the phone) and 'bell' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for belle that I've seen before include "Beautiful girl" , "dish" , "Beautiful female" , "-- Epoque, before the Great War" , "Handsome lady of the Ball?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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