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Seal heard in Lomond say (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loch

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'lomond say' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'seal heard' is the wordplay.
'seal' becomes 'lock' (seal can mean to lock up).
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'lock' sounds like 'LOCH'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for loch that I've seen before include "Scottish or Irish lake" , "Scots lake" , "Ness or Lomond, for instance" , "Eg, Ness" , "A Scottish lake like Lomond" .)

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