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Silent criminal with shilling takes advice (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

listens

'takes advice' is the definition.
(to listen to advice is to accept it)

'silent criminal with shilling' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'shilling' becomes 's' ().
'silent' is an anagram of 'listen'.
'listen'+'s'='LISTENS'

(Other definitions for listens that I've seen before include "Hears with intention" , "Lends an ear" , "Follows advice" , "Pays attention to sounds" , "Heeds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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