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Spot material under piano (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

place

'spot' is the definition.
('place' can be a synonym of 'spot')

'material under piano' is the wordplay.
'material' becomes 'lace' (lace is a kind of material**).
'under' says to put letters next to each other.
'piano' becomes 'p'.
'lace' put after 'p' is 'PLACE'.

(Other definitions for place that I've seen before include "Scene; put" , "Put in - winning position" , "Venue" , "Endearingly pretty" , "square?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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