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Excellent reason to start with song (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

air

'song' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'excellent reason to start' is the wordplay.
'excellent' becomes 'ai' (resembles 'A1', old-fashioned term for excellent).
'to start' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'reason' is 'r'.
'ai'+'r'='AIR'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for air that I've seen before include "Demeanour" , "Song - atmosphere" , "Broadcast; tune" , "Tune (on the G string?)" , "Space above and around" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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