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He pours cocktail for brilliant classical musician (7)

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I believe the answer is:

orpheus

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

'he pours cocktail' is the wordplay.
'cocktail' indicates anagramming the letters.
'he'+'pours'='hepours'
'hepours' anagrammed gives 'ORPHEUS'.

'for brilliant' is the link.
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(Other definitions for orpheus that I've seen before include "Legendary lyre-playing poet" , "Thracian poet" , "Husband to Eurydice" , "Lyre player of myth" , "musician inspiring many" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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