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Sing, performing in C — ordinary (7)

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I believe the answer is:

confess

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'sing' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'performing in c ordinary' is the wordplay.
'performing' becomes 'on' (as in being on stage).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'ordinary' becomes 'fess' (fess is a kind of ordinary).
'c'+'fess'='cfess'
'on' going inside 'cfess' is 'CONFESS'.

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(Other definitions for confess that I've seen before include "Concede" , "Admit (to wrongdoing)" , "Plead guilty (in order to receive absolution?)" , "Admit (to crime)" , "Tell a priest one's sins" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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