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Should you say anything (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aught

'anything' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'should you say' is the wordplay.
'should' becomes 'ought' ('ought' can be a synonym of 'should').
'you say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'ought' sounds like 'AUGHT'.

(Other definitions for aught that I've seen before include "Nothing" , "Emphatically anything" , "Anything (Shakespearean)" , "Anything at all (archaic)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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