You may get the drift of what he sings (5)

I believe the answer is:

tenor

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'you may get the drift of what he sings' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for tenor that I've seen before include "Male voice (one of three?)" , "thread" , "Eg, Placido Domingo" , "Voice classification of Jose Carreras" , "Male singer with high-pitched voice" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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