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Too shy to play piano in store (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toyshop

'store' is the definition.
(toyshop is a kind of store)

'too shy to play piano' is the wordplay.
'to play' indicates an anagram.
'piano' becomes 'p'.
'too'+'shy'='tooshy'
'tooshy' anagrammed gives 'toysho'.
'toysho'+'p'='TOYSHOP'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for toyshop that I've seen before include "store for kids" , "Hamleys, say," , "Hamleys, for example" , "Heavenly place for a child perhaps" , "Emporium favoured by children" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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