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Officer means to be heard, one who may tickle others (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

comic

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'one who may tickle others' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'officer means to be heard' is the wordplay.
'officer' becomes 'co' (Commanding Officer abbreviation).
'means to be heard' becomes 'mic' (microphone).
'co'+'mic'='COMIC'

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(Other definitions for comic that I've seen before include "Amusing person" , "Priceless" , "Raising mirth" , "Funny, laughable" , "Raising a laugh" .)

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