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Miss artificially produced sounds (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maid

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'miss artificially' is the definition.
'maid' can be an answer for 'miss' (I've seen this in another clue). I am unsure of the 'artificially' bit.

'produced sounds' is the wordplay.
'produced' becomes 'made' ('make' can be a synonym of 'produce').
'sounds' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'made' is a homophone of 'MAID'.

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(Other definitions for maid that I've seen before include "Female servant - young girl" , "Female domestic servant" , "employee" , "Young woman - servant" , "Serving girl" .)

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