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Shut up and take notice — this group's bigger than ABBA (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pentad

'this group's bigger than abba' is the definition.
(group of five things)

'shut up and take notice' is the wordplay.
'shut up' becomes 'pent' (synonyms).
'and take' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'notice' becomes 'ad' (both can mean an advertisement).
'pent'+'ad'='PENTAD'

(Other definitions for pentad that I've seen before include "quintet" , "small group" , "Half a decade" , "Enid Blyton's was famous" , "Set of five things" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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