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Sound coming from hooter around one (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noise

'sound' is the definition.
(noise is a kind of sound)

'hooter around one' is the wordplay.
'hooter' becomes 'nose' (I've seen this before).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'nose' placed around 'i' is 'NOISE'.

'coming from' is the link.

(Other definitions for noise that I've seen before include "Excessive sound" , "Unwanted sound" , "Unstructured sound" , "interference" , "Confused sounds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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