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Wife comes in to do vocals for big-band music (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swing

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'music' is the definition.
(swing is a kind of music)

'wife comes in to do vocals for big-band' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'wife' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is found within the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for swing that I've seen before include "jazz music" , "Sway to and fro" , "in the park?" , "Move from side to side" , "something in the playground" .)

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