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I'm great playing music (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ragtime

'music' is the definition.
(ragtime is a kind of music)

'i'm great playing' is the wordplay.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'im'+'great'='imgreat'
'imgreat' with letters rearranged gives 'RAGTIME'.

(Other definitions for ragtime that I've seen before include "musical style" , "Kind of jazz for Maigret" , "Style of piano music" , "Jazz music for Maigret" , "Syncopated jazz style" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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