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He bows both during and after his recital (9)

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I believe the answer is:

violinist

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'he bows both' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'during and after his recital' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'during' could be 'in' (e.g. during February means in February) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'recital' could be 'list' and 'list' is located in the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for violinist that I've seen before include "Musician" , "taking a bow?" , "stay with the leader and make notes" , "Fiddler" , "I'll shoulder my equipment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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