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Guitarist showing special self-confidence on road to Rome (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

segovia

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

'special self-confidence on road to rome' is the wordplay.
'special' becomes 'S' (common abbreviation as in Special Air Service).
'self confidence' becomes 'ego'.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'road to rome' becomes 'via' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
's'+'ego'+'via'='SEGOVIA'

'showing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for segovia that I've seen before include "Andres ------- classical guitarist: Spanish city" , "Ancient Spanish city: classical guitarist" , "Spanish town - guitarist" , "Town of Central Spain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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