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Tasteful listeners to the piano (5)

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I believe the answer is:

pears

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'tasteful listeners to the piano' is the definition.
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'listeners to the piano' is the wordplay.
'listeners' becomes 'ears' (body parts which listen).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the piano' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation).
'ears' put after 'p' is 'PEARS'.

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(Other definitions for pears that I've seen before include "Sweet juicy fruits" , "Juicy fruits - spare them" , "Fruit - singer with ..." , "Fruit trees" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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