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Milan side struggle with audience? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

interview

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'audience?' is the definition.
(I know that audience can be written as interview)

'milan side struggle with' is the wordplay.
'milan side' becomes 'inter' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'struggle' becomes 'vie' (to vie is to struggle or contend with).
'with' becomes 'w' (short for with).
'inter'+'vie'+'w'='INTERVIEW'

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(Other definitions for interview that I've seen before include "Assessment of applicant - discussion" , "format for talk show" , "Question and answer session" , "encounter" , "to ask questions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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