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Ross

I believe the answer is:

stave

(Other definitions for stave that I've seen before include "Musical staff" , "Strip of wood" , "Part of a wooden barrel" , "Stanza of a poem" , "Set of lines on which musical notes are written" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.
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