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A composer of handy compositions (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haydn

'a composer' is the definition.
(I know that Haydn is a composer)

'handy compositions' is the wordplay.
'compositions' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'composition' mean this).
'handy' is an anagram of 'HAYDN'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for haydn that I've seen before include "Classical composer" , "The Surprise symphony composer, d. 1809" , "Austrian composer of over one hundred symphonies" , "Barman" , "Joseph -, prolific eighteenth to nineteenth century Austrian composer" .)

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