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He uses a favourite ear-piece (4)

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I believe the answer is:

pete

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'he' is the definition.

'a favourite ear-piece' is the wordplay.
'a favourite' becomes 'pet' (synonyms).
'ear-piece' becomes 'e' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'pet'+'e'='PETE'

'uses' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pete that I've seen before include "- Doherty, Babyshambles singer" , "Small 14 [PETER JONES]" , "filmed with his 1 across [DRAGON]" , "- Sampras, tennis star" , "For his sake" .)

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