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Tenor leaving to peer (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toff

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'peer' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'tenor leaving' is the wordplay.
'tenor' becomes 't'.
'leaving' becomes 'off' ('I'm off' means 'I'm leaving').
't'+'off'='TOFF'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for toff that I've seen before include "Person of the upper classes" , "Dandy" , "Aristo" , "Rich person (colloq.)" , "Posh type" .)

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