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Inapt, I'm playing percussion instrument (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

timpani

'percussion instrument' is the definition.
(I know that timpani is a type of percussion instrument)

'inapt i'm playing' is the wordplay.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'inapt'+'im'='inaptim'
'inaptim' with letters rearranged gives 'TIMPANI'.

(Other definitions for timpani that I've seen before include "Features of kitchen" , "Those beaten" , "set of instruments" , "orchestra members" , "Set of kettledrums" .)

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