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College pinks trashed bars sounding well hammered (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glockenspiel

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'bars sounding well hammered' is the definition.
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'college pinks trashed' is the wordplay.
'trashed' indicates an anagram.
'college'+'pinks'='collegepinks'
'collegepinks' is an anagram of 'GLOCKENSPIEL'.

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(Other definitions for glockenspiel that I've seen before include "Bell-like instrument" , "it's in the kitchen" , "Percussion instrument with metal bars" , "Music producer" , "Instrument played with hammers" .)

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