New listeners: oddly, it’d be one flank of a horse or a car? (8)

I believe the answer is:

nearside

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'one flank of a horse or a car?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'new listeners oddly it'd be' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'listeners' becomes 'ears'.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'itd'+'be'='itdbe'
The alternate letters of 'itdbe' are 'ide'.
'n'+'ears'+'ide'='NEARSIDE'

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(Other definitions for nearside that I've seen before include "Part of vehicle closest to the kerb" , "Part of car closest to kerb" , "horseman's left" , "Part of vehicle nearest the kerb" , "left by kerb?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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