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The tanner's son, we hear (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sun

'the tanner's' is the definition.
(the sun gives people sun tans)

'son we hear' is the wordplay.
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'son' is a homophone of 'SUN'.

(Other definitions for sun that I've seen before include "Hub of our planetary system" , "Centre of a solar system" , "Source of light and heat" , "British publication" , "Major star" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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