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Sound sheepish (3)

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baa

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

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(Other definitions for baa that I've seen before include "Sound from a ewe" , "Cry of a sheep" , "Bleat of a sheep" , "Statement from those flocking" , "How one of the fold may sound" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and the Wall Street Journal.
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