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Composer from Southend composed lots (5)

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I believe the answer is:

holst

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'composer' is the definition.
(Gustav Holst)

'southend composed lots' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'lots' is 'olst' which is present in the answer.
A single letter 'h' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for holst that I've seen before include "Scorer" , "Gustav - (The Planets)" , "Gustav --, English composer" , "He scored" , "British composer, 1874-1934" .)

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