Recorded background music played in public (5)

I believe the answer is:

muzak

(Other definitions for muzak that I've seen before include "Notes for public places?" , "Background music played in public places" , "Piped notes" , "sequence of notes all over the place?" , "Piped shopping mall "entertainment"" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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