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Wind around island makes for poor hearing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mistrial

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'hearing' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Defective hearing ' mean 'mistrial' so perhaps 'hearing' could also mean 'mistrial')

'wind around island makes for poor' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'island' could be 'is' (abbreviation) and 'is' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for mistrial that I've seen before include "Invalid hearing" , "Court procedure made void by error" , "Voided legal case" , "Botched case in court" , "Inconclusive or invalid court proceedings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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