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Heard end of story (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tale

'story' is the definition.
(I know that story can be written as tale)

'heard end' is the wordplay.
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'end' becomes 'tail' (tail is a kind of end).
'tail' sounds like 'TALE'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tale that I've seen before include "See 12" , "Late with a story" , "relation" , "Anecdotal narrative" , "Shakespeare play: 'The Winter's . . . .'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Mirror.
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