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Insert fashionable song (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inlay

'insert' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fashionable song' is the wordplay.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' ('in' can be similar in meaning to 'fashionable').
'song' becomes 'lay' (lay is a kind of song).
'in'+'lay'='INLAY'

(Other definitions for inlay that I've seen before include "Type of woodwork" , "Decorate by embedding" , "Inserted decoration" , "Insert wood, stone or metal into a surface" , "Embed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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