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Stage is plain to the audience (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

step

'stage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'plain to the audience' is the wordplay.
'plain' becomes 'steppe' (steppe is a kind of plain).
'to the audience' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'steppe' sounds like 'STEP'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for step that I've seen before include "Put foot on a pest" , "Movement in dancing" , "Measure - pace" , "Football" , "Dance move" .)

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