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Singer, loud, cut short: a time for revenge (3,3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

tit for tat

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'revenge' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'singer loud cut short a time' is the wordplay.
'singer' becomes 'tit' (type of songbird).
'loud cut short' becomes 'fort' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'time' becomes 't'.
'tit'+'fort'+'a'+'t'='TIT-FOR-TAT'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tit for tat that I've seen before include "Equivalent retaliation" , "satisfaction" , "You hit me, I hit you" , "An eye for an eye" , "Retaliation called for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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