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[meabby]

27 across Recording stint heartlessly rejected - sounds unpleasent (6) N?I?E?
why is the answer NOISES? ( rather than NAILER or anything else that fits)

[gen2]

Yes NOISES

Recording stint = a SESSION
Discard the middle letter (S) - SESION
unpleasant = anagram indicator
sounds = definition

anagram of SESION = NOISES

[gen2]

Maybe I should have said, the middle letter (S) is discarded because of the command ' Heartless'

[meabby]

thanks - was being dense

[gen2]

On further thought, the anagram indicator is 'REJECTED' and the definition is actually the two words 'SOUNDS UNPLEASANT'

[geo0939]

What about reversing SESSION (NOISSES) then take away the heart S?