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Stagehand legend facing flu in recording (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

key grip

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'facing flu in recording' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'stagehand legend' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'stagehand' could be 'grip' (term for a theatre stagehand) and 'grip' is located in the answer.
'legend' could be 'key' (legend can mean a key on a map or diagram) and 'key' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for key grip that I've seen is " film-set supervisor".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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