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Army musician, possibly, with sergeant-major in bar (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bandsman

'army musician possibly' is the definition.
(someone in a military band)

'with sergeant-major in bar' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'and'.
'sergeant major' becomes 'SM' (abbreviation for sergeant major).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bar' becomes 'ban' (I've seen this in another clue).
'and'+'sm'='andsm'
'andsm' placed inside 'ban' is 'BANDSMAN'.

(Another definition for bandsman that I've seen is " musician".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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