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Music has special capacity at first (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ska

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'music' is the definition.
(music genre)

'special capacity at first' is the wordplay.
'special capacity' becomes 'sk' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'at first' becomes 'a' (sst letter of 'at').
'sk'+'a'='SKA'

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ska that I've seen before include "Jamaican music, forerunner of reggae" , "popular music" , "Music genre" , "Dancehall music" , "Noted genre" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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