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He demands a contribution from tenor and American guitarist (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taxman

'he demands a contribution' is the definition.
(a taxman demands a tax contribution)

'tenor and american guitarist' is the wordplay.
'tenor' becomes 't'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'american guitarist' becomes 'axman' (ax is a US spelling of axe - axe can mean guitar).
't'+'axman'='TAXMAN'

'from' acts as a link.

(Another definition for taxman that I've seen is " Duty officer".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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