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Jail one of several siblings talked of (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

quod

'jail' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one of several siblings talked of' is the wordplay.
'one of several siblings' becomes 'quad' (short for quadruplet).
'talked of' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'quad' is a homophone of 'QUOD'.

(Another definition for quod that I've seen is " Prison - the Q in QED".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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