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Keep to right entering last passage (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stretto

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'last passage' is the definition.
(musical passage at the end of an aria)

'keep to right entering' is the wordplay.
'keep' becomes 'stet' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'entering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'stet'+'to'='stetto'
'stetto' going around 'r' is 'STRETTO'.

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(Other definitions for stretto that I've seen before include "passage quicker" , "Fugal passage" , "Passage in music" , "In quicker time (music)" .)

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