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Singer’s accountant plugging very old record (8)

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I believe the answer is:

vocalist

'singer's' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'accountant plugging very old record' is the wordplay.
'accountant' becomes 'CA' (abbreviation for chartered accountant).
'plugging' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters plug up a gap in the word).
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'record' becomes 'list' (list is a type of record).
'v'+'o'+'list'='volist'
'ca' going into 'volist' is 'VOCALIST'.

(Another definition for vocalist that I've seen is " Singer with a pop group".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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