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Sort of music speaker icon, oddly (8)

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I believe the answer is:

oratorio

'sort of music' is the definition.

'speaker icon oddly' is the wordplay.
'speaker' becomes 'orator' (orator is a kind of speaker).
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
The alternate letters of 'icon' are 'io'.
'orator'+'io'='ORATORIO'

(Other definitions for oratorio that I've seen before include "E.g. Messiah or Elijah" , "Comprehensive music" , "Handel's Messiah, for example" , "Religious musical work" , "Musical composition usually with biblical theme (8)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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