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Shout down my left ear at first (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heckle

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'shout down' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'my left ear at first' is the wordplay.
'my' becomes 'heck' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'at first' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'left ear' is 'le'.
'heck'+'le'='HECKLE'

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(Other definitions for heckle that I've seen before include "Interrupt (speaker) with abuse" , "Jeer or interrupt speaker from crowd" , "Barrack speaker" , "Shout down (a politician)" , "Shout disruptively at performer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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