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What's uttered by setter in court loudly (4)

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I believe the answer is:

woof

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'what's uttered by setter' is the definition.
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'court loudly' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'woo' (both can mean to romance someone).
'loudly' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'woo'+'f'='WOOF'

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(Other definitions for woof that I've seen before include "As dog goes" , "Bark, yap" , "Barking sound" , "Cry of dog - texture of fabric" , "Barking noise" .)

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