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Group that’s got part of the joint jumping? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nonet

'group' is the definition.
(group of nine musicians)

'part of the joint jumping?' is the wordplay.
'part of the joint' becomes 'tenon' (part of a wooden joint).
'jumping?' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters jump up).
'tenon' in reverse letter order is 'NONET'.

'that's got' is the link.

(Other definitions for nonet that I've seen before include "Piece for group" , "Instrumental group of nine players" , "Ennead" , "Piece for nine musicians" , "Band of nine?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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