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Bellini's sorry about rising composer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rossini

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

'bellini's sorry about rising' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates a hidden word (the clue goes around or about the answer).
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'inissor' can be found hidden inside 'bellinis sorry'.
'inissor' back-to-front is 'ROSSINI'.

(Other definitions for rossini that I've seen before include "Italian composer, 1792-1868" , "Largo al factotum composer" , "Gioacchino ---, It. composer" , "Staff writer" , "opera producer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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