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No performance? Hell be disappointed! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

showoff

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'no' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'performance? hell be disappointed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'performance?' could be 'show' (performance is a kind of show) and 'show' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'off' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for showoff that I've seen is " Exhibitionist".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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