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Pest concealed by a piano (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aphid

'pest' is the definition.
(aphid is a type of pest)

'concealed by a piano' is the wordplay.
'concealed' becomes 'hid' ('hide' can be a synonym of 'conceal').
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'piano' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation).
'a'+'p'='ap'
'hid' put after 'ap' is 'APHID'.

(Other definitions for aphid that I've seen before include "little sucker" , "Plant louse" , "Greenfly etc" , "Horticultural pest" , "Insect feeding on plant juices" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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