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Backing team working for recording pioneer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edison

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'recording pioneer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'backing team working' is the wordplay.
'backing' is a reversal indicator.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'side' backwards is 'edis'.
'edis'+'on'='EDISON'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for edison that I've seen before include "He came up with microphone" , "Incandescent light inventor" , "US inventor of phonograph, electric light etc." , "Prolific inventor" , "Inventor's" .)

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