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Fabulous quartet without rhythm? Not entirely (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beatles

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'fabulous quartet without' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'rhythm? not entirely' is the wordplay.
'rhythm?' becomes 'beat' ('beat' can be a synonym of 'rhythm').
'not entirely' becomes 'les' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'beat'+'les'='BEATLES'

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(Other definitions for beatles that I've seen before include "Group of British" , "Best ale for the Liverpudlian group" , "John, Paul, Ringo and George - collectively" , "1960s' Liverpool rock group" , "British pop band of the 60s" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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