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Organ having an audience — introduction to recital (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liver

'organ' is the definition.
(liver is a kind of organ)

'having an audience introduction to recital' is the wordplay.
'having an audience' becomes 'live' (as in a live performance).
'introduction to' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'introductions to' mean this).
The initial letter of 'recital' is 'r'.
'live'+'r'='LIVER'

(Other definitions for liver that I've seen before include "Part of body" , "Internal organ" , "Vital organ" , "One extant" , "Bile-secreting organ" .)

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