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Listen and learn, gaining knowledge (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hearken

'listen' is the definition.
(hearkening is a kind of listening)

'learn gaining knowledge' is the wordplay.
'learn' becomes 'hear' (synonyms).
'gaining' says to put letters next to each other.
'knowledge' becomes 'ken' (ken is a kind of knowledge).
'hear'+'ken'='HEARKEN'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for hearken that I've seen before include "Listen in old way" , "Old attend" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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