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Drop requirement for live music gig? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abandon

'drop' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'requirement for live music gig?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'music' could be 'do' (as in do-re-mi) and 'do' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for abandon that I've seen before include "Permanently desert" , "Forsake, leave behind" , "Leave behind - licentiousness" , "Kick" , "Desert, strand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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