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Groom employs art to deliver competitive recital? (6,4)

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I believe the answer is:

poetry slam

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'deliver competitive recital?' is the definition.
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'groom employs art' is the wordplay.
'groom' indicates anagramming the letters.
'employs'+'art'='employsart'
'employsart' is an anagram of 'POETRY SLAM'.

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