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Computer equipment from any other business in recession on main road (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

keyboard

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'computer equipment' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'any other business in recession on main road' is the wordplay.
'any other business' becomes 'aob' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'in recession' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (letters recede or go back).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'main' becomes 'key'.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'aob' written backwards gives 'boa'.
'boa' after 'key' is 'keyboa'.
'keyboa'+'rd'='KEYBOARD'

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for keyboard that I've seen before include "Computer input device" , "Component of piano" , "Part of organ" , "One produces notes" , "Piano or computer device" .)

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