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Attorney and soldier follow key at old tempo (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adagio

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'old tempo' is the definition.
'adagio' can be an answer for 'tempo' (I have seen 'Slow tempo ' mean 'adagio' so perhaps 'tempo' could also mean 'adagio'). I am not sure about the 'old' bit.

'attorney and soldier follow key' is the wordplay.
'attorney' becomes 'DA' (District Attorney).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'soldier' becomes 'gio' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'key' becomes 'A' (musical key).
'da' put next to 'gio' is 'dagio'.
'dagio' after 'a' is 'ADAGIO'.

'at' is the link.

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(Other definitions for adagio that I've seen before include "Slowly and graceful, in music" , "Slow movement in musical work" , "Musically, in slow time" , "(Piece to be played) slowly" , "Slow movement (music)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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