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Piano music needed for the duet (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pair

'the duet' is the definition.
('pair' can be a synonym of 'duet')

'piano music needed' is the wordplay.
'piano' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation).
'music' becomes 'air' (air is a kind of music).
'needed' says to put letters next to each other.
'p'+'air'='PAIR'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pair that I've seen before include "2" , "item" , "Couple - wed" , "Twins" , "flight of stairs" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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