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Hearing about good person from the south (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

austral

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'the south' is the definition.
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'hearing about good person' is the wordplay.
'hearing' becomes 'aural' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'good person' becomes 'st' (saint).
'aural' going around 'st' is 'AUSTRAL'.

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for austral that I've seen before include "Of the southern hemisphere" , "Southern - rat Saul (anag)" , "coming from Perth?" .)

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