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Beastly noise made by broken hinge (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neigh

'beastly noise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'broken hinge' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'hinge' with letters rearranged gives 'NEIGH'.

'made by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for neigh that I've seen before include "Mare's cry, e.g." , "High-pitched cry of a horse" , "Farmyard sound" , "heard on the farm" , "Beastly sound" .)

I've seen this clue in the Best For Puzzles.
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