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A prose version of musical dramas (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

operas

'musical dramas' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a prose version' is the wordplay.
'version' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'prose'='aprose'
'aprose' with letters rearranged gives 'OPERAS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for operas that I've seen before include "O spare these dramas" , "Cos? fan tutte and The Magic Flute" , "Plays in which the words are sung" , "Musical dramas" , "Musical plays" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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