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End of concerto out of conductor’s range (5)

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I believe the answer is:

andes

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'range' is the definition.
(South American mountain range)

'end of concerto out of conductor's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'end' is 'nde' which is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'as' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for andes that I've seen before include "Danes seen in mountains" , "South American mountain range" , "A geographical feature" , "Mounts" , "Danes in S American mountains" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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