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Confused, I pair up thong and Joanna, maybe? (7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

upright piano

'joanna maybe?' is the definition.
(Joanna is Cockney rhyming slang for piano)

'confused i pair up thong' is the wordplay.
'confused' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'pair'+'up'+'thong'='ipairupthong'
'ipairupthong' anagrammed gives 'UPRIGHT PIANO'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for upright piano that I've seen before include "The old joanna" , "Keyboard instrument" , "Musical instrument smaller than a grand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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