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Fused the lights and made the music centre red-hot, maybe! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

shorted

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'fused the lights and made' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'music centre red-hot maybe' is the wordplay.
'centre' indicates the central letters.
'maybe' indicates anagramming the letters.
The centre of 'music' is 's'.
'red'+'hot'='redhot'
'redhot' with letters rearranged gives 'horted'.
's'+'horted'='SHORTED'

'the' is the link.

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