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Name first victim after school pianist (8)

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I believe the answer is:

schnabel

'pianist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'name first victim after school' is the wordplay.
'name first' becomes 'n' (1st letter of 'name').
'victim' becomes 'abel' (murder victim in the Bible).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'school' becomes 'sch'.
'n'+'abel'='nabel'
'nabel' after 'sch' is 'SCHNABEL'.

(Another definition for schnabel that I've seen is " Pianist".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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