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In recital, follow story (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tale

'story' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in recital follow' is the wordplay.
'in recital' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'follow' becomes 'tail' (I've seen this before).
'tail' sounds like 'TALE'.

(Other definitions for tale that I've seen before include "Story or anecdote" , "Shakespeare play: 'The Winter's . . . .'" , "Late with a story" , "Narrative - fabrication" , "relation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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