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Choristers with grant to reform music group (6,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

string orchestra

'music group' is the definition.
(I know that string orchestra is a type of orchestra)

'choristers with grant to reform' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'to reform' is an anagram indicator (letters in a new form).
'choristers' put after 'grant' is 'grantchoristers'.
'grantchoristers' with letters rearranged gives 'STRING ORCHESTRA'.

(Other definitions for string orchestra that I've seen before include "group" , "Players" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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