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Gold box Rubbra emptied for ensemble (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orchestra

'for ensemble' is the definition.
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'gold box rubbra emptied' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'box' becomes 'chest' (chest is a kind of box).
'emptied' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'rubbra' with its middle removed is 'ra'.
'or'+'chest'+'ra'='ORCHESTRA'

(Other definitions for orchestra that I've seen before include "LSO, for example" , "Large band of musicians" , "Brass, woodwind, strings and percussion" , "Group of musicians found on cart-horse" , "those who provide the music" .)

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