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English male singer with yen for diplomatic office (7)

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I believe the answer is:

embassy

'diplomatic office' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'english male singer with yen' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'singer' becomes 'bass' (bass is a kind of singer**).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'yen' becomes 'y'.
'e'+'m'+'bass'+'y'='EMBASSY'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for embassy that I've seen before include "Ambassador's office" , "Diplomatic organisation" , "State's foreign outpost" , "Diplomatic mission" , "Diplomatic office or residence." .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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