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Presentation by The Who perhaps better suited to The Stones? (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rock opera

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'better suited to the stones?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'presentation by the who' is the wordplay.
'presentation' becomes 'opera' (I have seen 'musical presentation' mean 'opera' so perhaps 'presentation' could also mean 'opera').
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the who' becomes 'rock' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'opera' after 'rock' is 'ROCK OPERA'.

'perhaps' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for rock opera that I've seen before include "Show" , "Tommy, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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