### Clue: With musical backing, orator shows clipped style (8)
### Answer: STACCATO 
 ### Explanation: Definition: clipped style
 **Reversal of**(… backing) CATS(a musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber) **placed before**(With …, …) CATO(the Younger, a noted Roman orator).
Defn: A style of performing music with each note separated from the others, similar to clipped speech with short, sharp vowel sounds and clear pronunciation.