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Composer's record for the audience (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liszt

'composer's' is the definition.
(Franz Liszt)

'record for the audience' is the wordplay.
'record' becomes 'list' (I've seen this before).
'for the audience' shows a homophone (sound like).
'list' sounds like 'LISZT'.

(Other definitions for liszt that I've seen before include "Franz . . . . ., 19th century Hungarian composer and pianist" , "Franz ---, Hung. composer" , "Franz . . . . ., great Hungarian composer" , "with his partner, drunk?" , "Hungarian romantic composer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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