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Result of gym being closed? Negative response (4)

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I believe the answer is:

nope

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'negative response' is the definition.
(informal version of 'no')

'result of gym being closed?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'gym' could be 'pe' (short for Physical Education) and 'pe' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'n' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for nope that I've seen before include "not with stress" , "Not on your life!" , "You must be joking" , "definitely not!" , "Emphatically not!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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