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Give musical performance after evening meal, which is provoking (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teasing

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'is provoking' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'give musical performance after evening meal' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'meal' could be 'tea' (tea is a type of meal) and 'tea' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sing' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'which' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for teasing that I've seen before include "Annoying" , "Mocking" , "Vexing playfully" , "Baiting" , "Making fun of (someone)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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