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He sings a number of bits of opera (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tenor

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

'number of bits of opera' is the wordplay.
'number' becomes 'ten' (ten is a kind of number).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'bits of opera' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ten'+'o'+'r'='TENOR'

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(Other definitions for tenor that I've seen before include "exact words" , "Singer; drift" , "Eg, Placido Domingo" , "character" , "Singer (one of three?)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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