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A character in Greek chorus is hilarious (7)

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amusing

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'hilarious' is the definition.
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'a character in greek chorus' is the wordplay.
'a character in greek' becomes 'amu' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'chorus' becomes 'sing' (to chorus is to sing in chorus).
'amu'+'sing'='AMUSING'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for amusing that I've seen before include "Pleasantly entertaining" , "Entertaining in a mild way" , "Entertaining, pleasing" , "Droll" , "Pleasantly diverting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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