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Nothing followed piece for violin and cello because of this (3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

due to

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'violin and cello because of this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is not.

'nothing followed piece' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'followed' says to put letters next to each other.
'piece' becomes 'duet' (duet is a kind of piece).
'o' put after 'duet' is 'DUE TO'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for due to that I've seen is " Caused by".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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