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Time in the morning to repeat some percussion (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tam-tam

'some percussion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'time in the morning to repeat' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in the morning' becomes 'am' (AM on a clock).
'to repeat' says to double the letters.
't'+'am'='tam'
'tam' doubled is 'TAM-TAM'.

(Other definitions for tam-tam that I've seen before include "Large orch. gong" , "Large musical gong" , "Percussion instrument" , "Large metal gong" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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