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Device which may be programmed by a cardiac electrophysiologist (9)

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I believe the answer is:

pacemaker

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'device' is the definition.
(pacemaker is a kind of device)

'may be programmed by a cardiac electrophysiologist' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'be' could be 'make' (making is a kind of being) and 'make' is found in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'which' is the link.

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(Other definitions for pacemaker that I've seen before include "the first in race" , "(Device to act as) control of heart rhythm" , "leader at the start" , "Electrical device put in heart to stimulate pulse" , "Implanted device to control the heartbeat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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