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Roy concerned with ears being mechanical? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

robotic

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'being mechanical?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'roy concerned with' is the wordplay.
'roy' becomes 'rob' (I've seen this in another clue).
'concerned with' becomes 'otic' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rob'+'otic'='ROBOTIC'

'ears' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for robotic that I've seen before include "Of mechanical movements" , "Mechanically-produced" , "Like a machine man" , "Like a mechanical figure" , "Stiff, unemotional" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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