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Jazz singer's first attempts to produce a hit (6)

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I believe the answer is:

swings

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'attempts to produce a hit' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'jazz singer's first' is the wordplay.
'jazz' becomes 'swing' (swing is a kind of jazz).
'singer's first' becomes 's' (1st letter of 'singer').
'swing'+'s'='SWINGS'

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(Other definitions for swings that I've seen before include "Moves back and forth or from side to side while suspended" , "What you might lose on them, you could gain on the roundabouts" , "What you lose on these, you hopefully gain on the roundabouts" , "What you lose on these, you'll gain on the roundabouts" , "Pieces of playground apparatus" .)

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