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Sinatra is out of stationary - presumably, he'll get it from dancer's boss? (3)

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I believe the answer is:

toy

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'presumably he'll get it from dancer's boss?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'sinatra is out of stationary' is the wordplay.
'is out of' suggests deleting specific letters.
'stationary' with 'sinatra' removed is 'TOY'.

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(Other definitions for toy that I've seen before include "Object for a child to play with" , "A child's plaything" , "Doll or teddy, say" , "Trifle with plaything?" , "Trifle or dally with" .)

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