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Evening music found in Sweden before enthralling another Scandinavian on the rebound (8)

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I believe the answer is:

serenade

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'evening music' is the definition.
'serenade' can be an answer for 'music' (serenade is a kind of music). I'm not certain of the 'evening' bit.

'sweden before enthralling another scandinavian on the rebound' is the wordplay.
'sweden' becomes 's'.
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term for 'before').
'enthralling' indicates putting letters inside.
'another scandinavian' becomes 'dane' (person from Denmark. I am not sure about the 'another' bit.).
'on the rebound' says the letters should be written backwards (to rebound is to go backwards).
'ere' placed around 'dane' is 'edanere'.
'edanere' in reverse letter order is 'erenade'.
's'+'erenade'='SERENADE'

'found in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for serenade that I've seen before include "Music played by lover" , "Evening music (played outside woman's house)" , "Open-air song" , "Musical performance, under a lady's window?" , "Sing (for someone on a balcony?)" .)

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