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Little friend of Mickey being heard (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mini

'little' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'friend of mickey being heard' is the wordplay.
'friend of mickey' becomes 'Minnie' (Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse).
'being heard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'minnie' is a homophone of 'MINI'.

(Other definitions for mini that I've seen before include "Brief" , "(Car etc) of small size" , "Short skirt - small car" , "Car designed by Issigonis" , "Italian Job car?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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