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Bubbly Tess, nice and amorous — that's good to hear! (5,2,4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

music to ones ears

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'good to hear' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'bubbly tess nice and amorous' is the wordplay.
'bubbly' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tess'+'nice'='tessnice'
'tessnice' put after 'amorous' is 'amoroustessnice'.
'amoroustessnice' is an anagram of 'MUSIC TO ONES EARS'.

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for music to ones ears that I've seen before include "Good news" , "Radio 3 output" , "what travels at a pop festival, say" , "excellent news" , "achieving good reception?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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