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Organised duet with CD? Take it away! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

deduct

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'take it away' is the definition.
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'organised duet with cd?' is the wordplay.
'organised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'duet' after 'cd' is 'cdduet'.
'cdduet' anagrammed gives 'DEDUCT'.

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(Other definitions for deduct that I've seen before include "Make a subtraction" , "Subtract, take away" , "Remove" , "Knock off" , "Withhold" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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