Big end missing ring? Order to go slow (5)
I believe the answer is:
largo
'slow' is the definition.
(musical term)
'big end missing ring?' is the wordplay.
'big' becomes 'large' (synonyms).
'end missing' means to remove the last letter.
'ring?' becomes 'o' (O is the shape of a ring).
'large' with its last letter removed is 'larg'.
'larg'+'o'='LARGO'
'order to go' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for largo that I've seen before include "at stately speed" , "Played with dignified slowness" , "Mus. slow movement" , "(Musically) slow in tempo and broad in manner" , "Broad and slow (mus.)" .)