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Enables producer to communicate with host during organ sonata, maybe? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earpiece

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'enables producer to communicate with host during' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'organ sonata maybe?' is the wordplay.
'organ' becomes 'ear' (the ear is an organ).
'sonata maybe?' becomes 'piece' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ear'+'piece'='EARPIECE'

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(Other definitions for earpiece that I've seen before include "for audibility" , "What lets you hear communications" , "Through which one may listen" , "Part of a telephone" , "box?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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