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Second person said to be a sheep? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ewe

'a sheep?' is the definition.
(a ewe is a female sheep)

'second person said' is the wordplay.
'second person' becomes 'you' (second person pronoun).
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'you' is a homophone of 'EWE'.

'to be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ewe that I've seen before include "Farm animal" , "Scottish loch" , "Female in a fleece?" , "Source of milk" , "21a [SHEEP]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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