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Singer's first disc rising to second place — official! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coroner

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'official' is the definition.
(I know that coroner is a type of official)

'singer's first disc rising to second place' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'first' could be 'one' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'one' is present in the answer.
'disc' could be 'o' (disc-shaped letter) and 'o' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for coroner that I've seen before include "He presides over an inquest (7)" , "Inquest holder" , "Official holding inquests" , "Investigator" , "He sits on cases" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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