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Noticed sound of some cattle (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heard

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'noticed sound of some cattle' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with perception as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'sound of some cattle' is the wordplay.
'sound of' shows a homophone (sound like).
'some cattle' becomes 'herd' (herd of cattle).
'herd' is a homophone of 'HEARD'.

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(Other definitions for heard that I've seen before include "Gathered" , "Was told of" , "Caught - picked up" , "Examined" , "Tried" .)

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