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With goalless draw maybe hard to sound excited (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ooh

'sound excited' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with goalless draw maybe hard' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'goalless draw maybe' becomes 'OO' (resembles a score of 0-0).
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'oo' next to 'h' is 'OOH'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ooh that I've seen before include "Expression of surprise" , "sound excited" , "My goodness!" , "Exclamation of surprise or pain" , "expression of delight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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