Celebrity initially fooling around, musical entertainer (4)

I believe the answer is:

fame

'celebrity' is the definition.
(celebrity can mean the quality of being famous)

'initially fooling around musical entertainer' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'fooling around musical entertainer' is 'FAME'.

(Other definitions for fame that I've seen before include "Celebrity; stage musical" , "Repute" , "''... is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (Lycidas, John Milton)" , "14 [BOWIE] recorded this" , "Renown, celebrity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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