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Where the customer was rushed a lot for a music centre? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

store

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'where the customer' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'rushed a lot for a music centre?' is the wordplay.
'rushed' becomes 'tore' (to tear around is to rush or run fast).
'a lot' means to remove the first letter (I've seen 'a lot of' mean this).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'a music centre?' becomes 'st' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tore' with its first letter removed is 'ore'.
'ore' after 'st' is 'STORE'.

'was' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for store that I've seen before include "Save" , "Shop; hoard" , "Computer memory; supply kept for when needed" , "Put by; shop" , "Eg, granite" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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