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Shame piano’s fallen off platform (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

odium

'shame' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'piano's fallen off platform' is the wordplay.
'piano' becomes 'p'.
'fallen off' is a deletion indicator.
'platform' becomes 'podium' (I've seen this before).
'podium' with 'p' taken out is 'ODIUM'.

(Other definitions for odium that I've seen before include "Widespread contempt or hatred" , "blame" , "Antipathy" , "reproach" , "Wide-spread disgust towards a person or action" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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