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How the siren’s accompanying herself on the piano? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vamping

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'herself on the piano?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'how the siren's accompanying' is the wordplay.
'how' becomes 'ing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the siren' becomes 'vamp' (I've seen this before).
'accompanying' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ing' put after 'vamp' is 'VAMPING'.

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(Another definition for vamping that I've seen is " Seducing and exploiting (colloq.)".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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