Musical piece transcribed for duet before the end of the programme (5)
I believe the answer is:
etude
'musical piece' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'transcribed for duet before the end of the programme' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'duet' is 'etud' which is within the answer.
'before' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for etude that I've seen before include "Short piece of music for solo instrument" , "Short composition for a solo instrument" , "Chopin study" , "Indian statesman" , "short musical piece" .)