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Shaker to accompany piano? Nonsense (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prattle

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'nonsense' is the definition.
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'shaker to accompany piano?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'piano?' could be 'p' and 'p' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rattle' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for prattle that I've seen before include "Idle chatter" , "Idle talk" , "Talk emptily" , "Childish talk" , "Be vapidly garrulous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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