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Comes through slowly and checks out the piano (5)

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seeps

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'comes through slowly' is the definition.
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'checks out the piano' is the wordplay.
'checks' becomes 'sees' ('see' can be a synonym of 'check').
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the piano' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation).
'sees' enclosing 'p' is 'SEEPS'.

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(Other definitions for seeps that I've seen before include "Oozes" , "Leaks slowly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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