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