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Crack band with no name (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gag

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This could be a double definition.

'crack' is the first definition.
(both can mean a joke)

'band with no name' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for gag that I've seen before include "Funny" , "Prevent from speaking freely" , "Make quiet" , "Joke (colloq.)" , "that renders one speechless" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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