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Boy finds key for tune (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

song

'tune' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'boy finds key' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'son' ('son' can be a synonym of 'boy').
'finds' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'key' becomes 'g' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'son'+'g'='SONG'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for song that I've seen before include "Musical composition; air" , "Musical rendition" , "Lied" , "Vocal number" , "Tune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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