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Sister nobody listened to (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nun

'sister' is the definition.
(sister is a term of address for a nun)

'nobody listened to' is the wordplay.
'nobody' becomes 'none' (not a single person).
'listened to' shows a homophone (sound like).
'none' is a homophone of 'NUN'.

(Other definitions for nun that I've seen before include "Joshua's father" , "Mother Teresa, maybe" , "Mother Superior, perhaps" , "Black and white pigeon" , "Religious sister" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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