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Good gracious, is that the damned alarm? (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hells bells

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'the damned alarm?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'good gracious is' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'is' could be 'be' and 'be' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'that' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hells bells that I've seen before include "Those with a ring of fire" , "dammit?" .)

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