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On radio man would listen (4)

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I believe the answer is:

heed

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'listen' is the definition.
(I know that listen can be written as heed)

'on radio man would' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'radio man' becomes 'hee' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'would' becomes 'd' (as in 'we'd' - 'we would').
'hee'+'d' is 'HEED'.

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(Other definitions for heed that I've seen before include "Regard" , "Be mindful of" , "Take notice of" , "Mark" , "Consider" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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