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Listen: shirt cloth is genuine (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heartfelt

'is genuine' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'listen shirt cloth' is the wordplay.
'listen' becomes 'hear' (I've seen this before).
'shirt' becomes 't' (as in a T-shirt).
'cloth' becomes 'felt' (felt is a kind of cloth).
'hear'+'t'+'felt'='HEARTFELT'

(Other definitions for heartfelt that I've seen before include "Profound" , "unfeigned sincerity" , "With sincere passion" , "Most fervent in cardiac way" , "Kindly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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