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Satisfied with piano on hire (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pleased

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'satisfied' is the definition.
(pleasing is a kind of satisfying)

'piano on hire' is the wordplay.
'piano' becomes 'pd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' is an insertion indicator (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'hire' becomes 'lease' (synonyms).
'pd' enclosing 'lease' is 'PLEASED'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pleased that I've seen before include "Well satisfied" , "Happy, satisfied" , "Glad" , "like Punch?" , "Gratified" .)

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