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Man in the street losing interest in country music (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anthem

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'country music' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'man in the street losing interest' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'man' could be 'em' and 'em' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for anthem that I've seen before include "Song in praise of a nation" , "Song of praise or loyalty" , "Uplifting music" , "The man for a popular song" , "National tune" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and The Irish Times.
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