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Composer of large variations (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elgar

'composer' is the definition.
(Edward Elgar)

'large variations' is the wordplay.
'variations' indicates anagramming the letters.
'large' with letters rearranged gives 'ELGAR'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for elgar that I've seen before include "Scorer" , "The 18 [APOSTLES] creator" , "Enigma Variations composer" , "Score-person" , "Glare at composer of 'The Dream of Gerontius'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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