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Solo playing can daze done badly (7)

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I believe the answer is:

cadenza

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'solo playing' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'can daze done badly' is the wordplay.
'done badly' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'can'+'daze'='candaze'
'candaze' with letters rearranged gives 'CADENZA'.

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(Other definitions for cadenza that I've seen before include "Virtuoso performance" , "Impromptu insertion in piece of music" , "Virtuoso solo passage in a concerto" , "Virtuoso passage in concerto, etc" , "Virtuoso solo passage near the end of a piece of music" .)

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