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Show nothing of musical composition (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

concerto

'musical composition' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'show nothing' is the wordplay.
'show' becomes 'concert' (concert is a kind of show**).
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'concert'+'o'='CONCERTO'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for concerto that I've seen before include "Piece for soloist and orchestra" , "Composition for accompanied soloist" , "Orchestral composition" , "10 [COMPOSITION]" , "Solo/orchestra piece" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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