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A familiar wind instrument (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sax

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This clue might be a double definition.

'a familiar wind' is the first definition.
'sax' can be an answer for 'wind' (sax is a kind of wind). I am not certain of the 'a familiar' bit.

'instrument' is the second definition.
(I know that sax is a type of woodwind instrument)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for sax that I've seen before include "Wind instrument (abbr)" , "Music-maker" , "Jazz instrument (abbr)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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