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Composer put out missing opening in capital of Italy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rossini

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'composer' is the definition.
(Italian composer Gioachino Rossini)

'out missing opening in capital of italy' is the wordplay.
'out missing opening' becomes 'ross' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'capital of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'italy' is 'i'.
'ross'+'in'+'i'='ROSSINI'

'put' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rossini that I've seen before include "Staff writer" , "Composer of the opera William Tell, d. 1868" , "Barber of Seville writer" , "He composed operas" , "whose barber was in Seville" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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