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Fan must start in line to see player (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

instrumentalist

'player' is the definition.
(someone who plays an instrument)

'fan must start in line' is the wordplay.
'fan' indicates anagramming the letters (letters must be fanned around).
'must'+'start'+'in'+'line'='muststartinline'
'muststartinline' with letters rearranged gives 'INSTRUMENTALIST'.

'to see' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for instrumentalist that I've seen before include "one of the band" , "musician" , "oboe, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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