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Where you can buy a music centre for dances (5)

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I believe the answer is:

shops

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'where you can buy a' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is a plural noun.

'music centre for dances' is the wordplay.
'music centre' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dances' becomes 'hops' (hop is a kind of dance).
's'+'hops'='SHOPS'

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(Other definitions for shops that I've seen before include "Boutiques" , "Retail outlets" , "Retail establishments" , "Stores" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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