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Gramophone presented by best performing sportsman? (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

record player

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'gramophone' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'best performing sportsman?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'best' could be 'record' (similar in meaning) and 'record' is located in the answer.
'sportsman?' could be 'player' (I've seen this before) and 'player' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'presented by' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for record player that I've seen is " Spinner".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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