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Former learner round with eastern instrument (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oboe

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'instrument' is the definition.
(type of musical instrument)

'former learner round with eastern' is the wordplay.
'former learner round' becomes 'obo' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'obo'+'e'='OBOE'

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(Other definitions for oboe that I've seen before include "Orchestral instrument" , "bit of wind" , "issuer of notes" , "blow it!" , "Walk with exaggerated movements" .)

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