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Criticise smokers' instrument (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

panpipes

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'instrument' is the definition.
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'criticise smokers'' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily).
'smokers'' becomes 'pipes' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pan'+'pipes'='PANPIPES'

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(Other definitions for panpipes that I've seen before include "Musical instrument made of reeds of different lengths" , "Folk instrument" , "Primitive wind instrument" , "Musical wind instrument - syrinx" , "Simple wind instrument" .)

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