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Learn to tell rumour (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hearsay

'rumour' is the definition.
(I know that rumour can be written as hearsay)

'learn to tell' is the wordplay.
'learn' becomes 'hear' (synonyms).
'to tell' becomes 'say' (synonyms).
'hear'+'say'='HEARSAY'

(Other definitions for hearsay that I've seen before include "Common talk" , "Kind of rumour, makes bad evidence" , "rumoured" , "Gossip or idle talk - it's not evidence" , "product of grapevine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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