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Moon around, having no stereo (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mono

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'stereo' is the definition.
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'moon around having no' is the wordplay.
'moon' becomes 'm' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'around' becomes 'o' (a round letter).
'having no' becomes 'no' (I've seen this in other clues).
'm'+'o'+'no'='MONO'

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(Other definitions for mono that I've seen before include "Single-speaker sound" , "Single-channel sound" , "Transmitting over one channel" , "Not stereo" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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