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Lad with good accent as performer (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

songstress

'performer' is the definition.
(songstress is a kind of performer)

'lad with good accent' is the wordplay.
'lad' becomes 'son'.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'accent' becomes 'stress' (stress is a kind of accent).
'son'+'g'+'stress'='SONGSTRESS'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for songstress that I've seen before include "Soprano perhaps" , "Woman making up the numbers" , "coloratura perhaps" , "performer" , "Female singer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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