A teacher receiving US vocalist in Oxon town (8)

I believe the answer is:

abingdon

'oxon town' is the definition.
(town in Oxfordshire, which is abbreviated Oxon)

'a teacher receiving us vocalist' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'don' (don is a kind of teacher).
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'us vocalist' becomes 'bing' (Bing Crosby).
'a'+'don'='adon'
'adon' placed around 'bing' is 'ABINGDON'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for abingdon that I've seen is " Oxfordshire town".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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