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Sound uniform on girl wearing a ring (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

audio

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'sound' is the definition.
('audio' can be a synonym of 'sound')

'uniform on girl wearing a ring' is the wordplay.
'uniform on' becomes 'u' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.**).
'girl' becomes 'di'.
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ring' becomes 'o'.
'u'+'di'='udi'
'a'+'o'='ao'
'udi' placed within 'ao' is 'AUDIO'.

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(Other definitions for audio that I've seen before include "Denoting sound" , "What is heard" , "type of reproduction" , "Prefix indicating sound or word" , "Sound system" .)

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