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Superior-sounding greeting (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hiya

'greeting' is the definition.
(I know that hiya is a type of greeting)

'superior-sounding' is the wordplay.
'superior' becomes 'higher' (I've seen this before).
'sounding' shows a homophone (sound like).
'higher' sounds like 'HIYA'.

(Other definitions for hiya that I've seen before include "modern form of salve?" , "Hello!" , "Informal greeting" , "Informal 19 across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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