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Soldiers army band perhaps provides entertainment (8,6)

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I believe the answer is:

military tattoo

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'soldiers army' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'band perhaps provides entertainment' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'band' could be 'military' (military band is a kind of band) and 'military' is found in the answer.
'entertainment' could be 'tattoo' (I have seen 'Military entertainment ' mean 'tattoo' so perhaps 'entertainment' could also mean 'tattoo') and 'tattoo' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
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