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Man and a daughter combine to book band for show (9)

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I believe the answer is:

headpiece

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'book band for show' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'man and a daughter combine' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'combine' becomes 'piece' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'he'+'a'+'d'+'piece'='HEADPIECE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for headpiece that I've seen before include "decoration on top" , "Something worn on top" , "Former intellect" , "hat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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