Absence of instruments to welcome in golden prizewinners (5,9)
I believe the answer is:
nobel laureates
'prizewinners' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'absence of instruments to welcome in golden' is the wordplay.
'absence of' becomes 'no'.
'instruments' becomes 'bells' (bell is a kind of instrument).
'to welcome in' indicates putting letters inside.
'golden' becomes 'aureate' (synonyms).
'no'+'bells'='nobells'
'nobells' placed around 'aureate' is 'NOBEL LAUREATES'.
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