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Daughter gets strange instrument (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drum

'instrument' is the definition.
(I know that drum is a drum)

'daughter gets strange' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'strange' becomes 'rum' (synonyms).
'd'+'rum'='DRUM'

(Other definitions for drum that I've seen before include "Percussion instrument" , "house" , "beat" , "Thing to be beaten - but not as a container!" , "found in the kitchen?" .)

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