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No sound heard in stable? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neigh

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'heard in stable?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'no sound' is the wordplay.
'no' becomes 'nay' (archaic form 'no').
'sound' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'nay' sounds like 'NEIGH'.

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(Other definitions for neigh that I've seen before include "Sound coming from Ben Nevis" , "nicker" , "Horse's noise" , "Equine utterance" , "Whicker" .)

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