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Having no immediate use, king leaves in musical style (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bluesy

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'king leaves in musical style' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'having no immediate use' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'use' is 'ues' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bly' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bluesy that I've seen before include "In the style of black American folk music" , "Of melancholic Black music" , "Like a style of music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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