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A&R man from The Happy Mondays recalled one of many bands? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

zebra

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'one of many bands?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'ar man from the happy mondays recalled' is the wordplay.
'man from the happy mondays' becomes 'bez' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'recalled' says the letters should be written backwards.
'ar'+'bez'='arbez'
'arbez' backwards is 'ZEBRA'.

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(Other definitions for zebra that I've seen before include "African species" , "Perhaps crossing" , "Striped creature" , "Stripy member of horse family" , "Striped hoofed beast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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