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Opera performance concealing adult point (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

turandot

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

'performance concealing adult point' is the wordplay.
'performance' becomes 'turn' (turn is a kind of performance).
'concealing' is an insertion indicator.
'adult' becomes 'a'.
'point' becomes 'dot' ('dot' can be a synonym of 'point'**).
'turn' going around 'a' is 'turan'.
'turan'+'dot'='TURANDOT'

(Other definitions for turandot that I've seen before include "Opera by Puccini" , "18 [OPERA] 's" , "Puccini's Chinese opera" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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