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Stomach the first piece of music I had to play repeatedly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

midriff

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

'first piece of music i had to play repeatedly' is the wordplay.
'first piece of' says to take the initial letters.
'i had' becomes 'I'd' (contraction).
'to play repeatedly' becomes 'riff' (as in playing a musical riff).
The initial letter of 'music' is 'm'.
'm'+'id'+'riff'='MIDRIFF'

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for midriff that I've seen before include "Waistline area" , "Tummy area" , "Diaphragm area" , "Part of torso" , "Part of body between waist and chest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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