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Like song racily composed by learner? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lyrical

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'like song racily composed by learner?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'racily composed by learner?' is the wordplay.
'composed' is an anagram indicator.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'learner?' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'racily' is an anagram of 'lyrica'.
'lyrica'+'l'='LYRICAL'

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(Other definitions for lyrical that I've seen before include "To wax - is to enthuse" , "In poetic words, song-like" , "Highly enthusiastic" , "We may wax this" , "Using poetic or song-like language" .)

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