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Word of the Persian with some Alfa Romeo wheels (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meow

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'word of the persian' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'some alfa romeo wheels' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some of the parts of the word are used).
'MEOW' is hidden in the letters of 'alfa romeo wheels'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for meow that I've seen before include "Cry of a cat" , "Catty remark" , "Beastly noise" , "Cat's cry" , "Crying sound of an animal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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