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Tune out after third note of dance music (6)

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I believe the answer is:

minuet

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'dance music' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'tune out after third note' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'third note' becomes 'mi' (musical note. I am not sure about the 'third' bit.).
'tune' anagrammed gives 'nuet'.
'nuet' put after 'mi' is 'MINUET'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for minuet that I've seen before include "Slow, graceful dance" , "Gracious old dance, just takes a minute" , "18th-century dance" , "Stately court dance" , "Stately old dance, takes only a minute" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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