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Go out to take in soprano live (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exist

'live' is the definition.
('exist' can be a synonym of 'live')

'go out to take in soprano' is the wordplay.
'go out' becomes 'exit' ('exit' can be a synonym of 'go out').
'to take in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'soprano' becomes 's' (musical abbreviation).
'exit' placed around 's' is 'EXIST'.

(Other definitions for exist that I've seen before include "Scrape by" , "Be alive" , "Live" , "Survive" , "Subsist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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