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Part of cylinder coming out of trap? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

role

'part' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'cylinder coming out of trap?' is the wordplay.
'cylinder' becomes 'roll' (roll is a kind of cylinder).
'coming out of trap?' shows a homophone (sound like) (trap can informally mean one's mouth).
'roll' sounds like 'ROLE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for role that I've seen before include "Playing part" , "Duty" , "Part, portrayal" , "Acting part" , "Impersonation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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