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Ballad from north anybody plays (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

danny boy

'ballad' is the definition.

'north anybody plays' is the wordplay.
'north' becomes 'n' ('N' can be a synonym of 'north').
'plays' indicates anagramming the letters.
'n'+'anybody'='nanybody'
'nanybody' anagrammed gives 'DANNY BOY'.

'from' is the link.

(Another definition for danny boy that I've seen is " Song sung to the Londonderry Air".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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