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Excellent beginning of reggae song (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

air

'song' is the definition.
(air can mean a piece of music)

'excellent beginning of reggae' is the wordplay.
'excellent' becomes 'ai' (resembles 'A1', old-fashioned term for excellent).
'beginning of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'reggae' is 'r'.
'ai'+'r'='AIR'

(Other definitions for air that I've seen before include "Cause of inflation" , "Look - warm and dry" , "A tune or attitude" , "Tune; mien" , "Skye Boat Song, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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