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Focus of recording before Herb Alpert finally cut verse (5)

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rhyme

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'verse' is the definition.
(a rhyme is a piece of verse)

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(Other definitions for rhyme that I've seen before include "Versification (which goes with reason)" , "Short piece of verse" , "Correspondence in the sounds of two or more words" , "Piece of poetry" , "Correspond in sound" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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