Endurance stripped by half the band (5)

I believe the answer is:

duran

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'half the band' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'endurance stripped' is the wordplay.
'stripped' says to take the centre (outside letters removed).
The central letters of 'endurance' are 'DURAN'.

'by' is the link.

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