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Elgar's most famous Variation in D minor? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nimrod

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'elgar's most famous' is the definition.
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'variation in d minor?' is the wordplay.
'variation in' indicates anagramming the letters.
'd'+'minor'='dminor'
'dminor' with letters rearranged gives 'NIMROD'.

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(Other definitions for nimrod that I've seen before include "Skilful hunter (Genesis)" , "Dim Ron was a bad Biblical hunter" , "Mighty hunter of Genesis" , "OT hunter" , "Biblical hunter - aircraft" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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