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It describes a lot - somehow her mum heard ten (5,3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

under the hammer

'it describes a lot' is the definition.
(a lot in an auction goes under the hammer)

'somehow her mum heard ten' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'her'+'mum'+'heard'+'ten'='hermumheardten'
'hermumheardten' anagrammed gives 'UNDER THE HAMMER'.

(Other definitions for under the hammer that I've seen before include "a lot?" , "Lots come here" , "Ensure your thumb is not" , "For sale by auction" , "on the block" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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