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What's heard from stern-faced story-teller (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grimm

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'what's heard' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'stern-faced story-teller' is the wordplay.
'stern' becomes 'grim' (synonyms).
'faced story teller' becomes 'm' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'grim'+'m'='GRIMM'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for grimm that I've seen before include "The brothers remembered for their fairy stories" , "German folklorist" , "Old yarn collector" , "taletellers" , "Jacob and Wilhelm -, German folklorists" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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