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Showy piece of music learner turned up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loud

'showy' is the definition.
(both can mean ostentatious)

'piece of music learner turned up' is the wordplay.
'piece of music' becomes 'duo' (duo is a kind of piece of music).
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'turned up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'duo'+'l'='duol'
'duol' reversed gives 'LOUD'.

(Other definitions for loud that I've seen before include "like the bees in Yeats's glade?" , "This speaker is" , "booming" , "Fortissimo - gaudy" , "Tasteless; of great volume" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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