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Great Elgar composition (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

large

'great' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'elgar composition' is the wordplay.
'composition' is an anagram indicator (letters arranged or composed in a different order).
'elgar' anagrammed gives 'LARGE'.

(Other definitions for large that I've seen before include "Of great size" , "broad" , "Strapping" , "One has liberty to be at it" , "Big, outsize" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Daily Express.
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