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Origins of Tim Rice musical for radio (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trannie

'radio' is the definition.
(short for transistor radio)

'origins of tim rice musical' is the wordplay.
'origins of' says to take the initial letters.
'musical' becomes 'annie' (Annie is a Broadway musical).
The first letters of 'tim rice' is 'tr'.
'tr'+'annie'='TRANNIE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for trannie that I've seen before include "cross dresser" , "set of yesteryear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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