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Frisky horse up for mythical musician (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orpheus

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

'frisky horse up' is the wordplay.
'frisky' is an anagram indicator.
'horse'+'up'='horseup'
'horseup' anagrammed gives 'ORPHEUS'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for orpheus that I've seen before include "Husband to Eurydice" , "musician inspiring many" , "Mythical musician" , "Lyre player who could charm all living things" , "classical musician" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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