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Exercise, we hear, for sheep (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ewes

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

'exercise we hear' is the wordplay.
'exercise' becomes 'use' ('use' can be a synonym of 'exercise').
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'use' is a homophone of 'EWES'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for ewes that I've seen before include "Adult sheep" , "farm animals" , "Females in the flock" , "wool producers" , "She-sheep" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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