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A tango Elgar composed for free (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

at large

'free' is the definition.
(at large means free or released)

'a tango elgar composed' is the wordplay.
'tango' becomes 'T' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'composed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'elgar' with letters rearranged gives 'large'.
'a'+'t'+'large'='AT-LARGE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for at large that I've seen before include "'On the loose, escaped (2,5)'" , "General on the loose" , "Free, maybe escaped" , "Free - not confined (especially of wild animal, criminal)" , "Roaming freely" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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