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He may march to his music (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

piper

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'his music' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he may march' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Pip'.
'may march' becomes 'er' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'pip'+'er'='PIPER'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for piper that I've seen before include "Wind instrumentalist" , "Musician sometimes paid (or pied!)" , "Instrumentalist, solo or military" , "who puffs out his cheeks?" , "Military musician" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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