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Slicer or musical instrument? Guy at party recalled nothing (8)

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I believe the answer is:

mandolin

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'slicer or musical instrument?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'guy at party recalled nothing' is the wordplay.
'guy' becomes 'man' (guy can informally mean a man).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'recalled' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'nothing' becomes 'nil' (eg nil is zero in football).
'nil' backwards is 'lin'.
'man'+'do'+'lin'='MANDOLIN'

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(Other definitions for mandolin that I've seen before include "Almond in the stringed instrument, oddly" , "Musical instrument like a small guitar" , "'Captain Corelli's - - '" , "Plucked instrument" , "It takes some pluck to use this" .)

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