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Uninhibited attention due to you once (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earthy

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'uninhibited' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'attention due to you once' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'attention' could be 'ear' (having someone's ear is having their attention) and 'ear' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'thy' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for earthy that I've seen before include "Of the soil, lusty" , "Coarse; unsophisticated" , "where we live" , "Gross, unrefined" , "Hearty and lusty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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