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Bravo! Help for member of the band (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bassist

'member of the band' is the definition.
(bass guitar player)

'bravo help' is the wordplay.
'bravo' becomes 'b' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'help' becomes 'assist' (to assist someone is to help them).
'b'+'assist'='BASSIST'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bassist that I've seen before include "Musician" , "jazz player" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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