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It gives time for music (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

metronome

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'it' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'time for music' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is found within the answer.
'music' could be 'me' and 'me' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'gives' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for metronome that I've seen before include "Instrument for beating time in music" , "Device to help regulate tempo" , "Musical timekeeper" , "Device for keeping time" , "Device that sounds tempo for music practice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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