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Discovered android with electronic instrument (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oboe

'instrument' is the definition.
(type of musical instrument)

'discovered android with electronic' is the wordplay.
'discovered' means to look at the middle letters (dis-covered - outer letters removed).
'android' becomes 'robot' (I've seen this before).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'electronic' becomes 'e' (as in e-mail or e-books).
The middle letters of 'robot' are 'obo'.
'obo'+'e'='OBOE'

(Other definitions for oboe that I've seen before include "source of notes" , "Instrument used in 1d" , "Woodwind instrument of treble pitch" , "Double-reeded woodwind instrument" , "blow it!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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