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Thus live recording's beginning to get serious (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sober

'serious' is the definition.
('sober' can be similar in meaning to 'serious')

'thus live recording's beginning to' is the wordplay.
'thus' becomes 'so' ('so' can be a synonym of 'thus').
'live' becomes 'be' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'beginning to' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'recordings' is 'r'.
'so'+'be'+'r'='SOBER'

'get' is the link.

(Other definitions for sober that I've seen before include "Dry - dull" , "Serious or solemn and not drunk" , "Unaffected by drink" , "Serious - sombre" , "On the wagon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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