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Instruction to get a lute out (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tutelage

'instruction' is the definition.
(tutelage is instructing or teaching)

'get a lute out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'get'+'a'+'lute'='getalute'
'getalute' is an anagram of 'TUTELAGE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for tutelage that I've seen before include "Guardianship; instruction" , "Schooling" , "Instruction by personal teacher" , "Training" , "guidance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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