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Song embracing nakedness - having no clothes, nothing - may be heard here (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

auditoria

'heard here' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'song embracing nakedness having no clothes nothing may' is the wordplay.
'song' becomes 'aria' (aria is a kind of song).
'embracing' is an insertion indicator.
'nakedness' becomes 'nude' (nude is a kind of nakedness).
'having no clothes' indicates the central letters (the letters which clothe the word are removed).
'nothing may' becomes 'ito' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The central letters of 'nude' are 'ud'.
'ud'+'ito'='udito'
'aria' going around 'udito' is 'AUDITORIA'.

'be' is the link.

(Other definitions for auditoria that I've seen before include "Spaces for audiences" , "lecture theatres" , "Theatres, concert halls" , "Eg, concert halls" , "Locations for houses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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