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Work a long time producing piece for the stage (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opera

'piece for the stage' is the definition.

'work a long time' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'a long time' becomes 'era' (I've seen this before).
'op'+'era'='OPERA'

'producing' is the link.

(Other definitions for opera that I've seen before include "Carmen, for instance" , "Carmen, for example" , "Tosca, for example" , "Form of theatre" , "Eg, La traviata" .)

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