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Johnny stripped after right piece of music (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rondo

'piece of music' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'johnny stripped after right' is the wordplay.
'johnny' becomes 'condom'.
'stripped' says to take the centre.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
The centre of 'condom' is 'ondo'.
'ondo' after 'r' is 'RONDO'.

(Other definitions for rondo that I've seen before include "Music form with recurring theme" , "Last movement of a sonata or concerto" , "Music with repeated refrains" , "Piece in the form of a sonata's last movement, say" , "noted work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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