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Alan isn't playing a recorder (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

annalist

'a recorder' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'alan isn't playing' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'alan'+'isnt'='alanisnt'
'alanisnt' with letters rearranged gives 'ANNALIST'.

(Other definitions for annalist that I've seen before include "Person creating records" , "recorder" , "she makes record" , "Chronicler" , "Historian" .)

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