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Part of record player male keeps close by (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

tone arm

'part of record player' is the definition.
('tone arm' is part of 'record player')

'male keeps close by' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'tom' (I've seen this before).
'keeps' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'close by' becomes 'near' (I've seen this before).
'tom' enclosing 'near' is 'TONE-ARM'.

(Another definition for tone arm that I've seen is " Location of pick-up".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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