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Network key, free (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grid

'network' is the definition.
(grid is a kind of network)

'key free' is the wordplay.
'key' becomes 'g' (musical key).
'free' becomes 'rid' (to be free of something is to be rid of it).
'g'+'rid'='GRID'

(Other definitions for grid that I've seen before include "Electricity network" , "Power distribution network" , "entries in this" , "Network of crossing parallel lines" , "Network of intersecting lines" .)

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