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Instrument of pain ran God ragged (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grand piano

'instrument' is the definition.
(grand piano is a kind of instrument)

'pain ran god ragged' is the wordplay.
'ragged' indicates an anagram.
'pain'+'ran'+'god'='painrangod'
'painrangod' anagrammed gives 'GRAND PIANO'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for grand piano that I've seen before include "responsible for producing notes ..." , "one getting tickled?" , "Large instrument with horizontal strings" , "maker of notes?" , "One's three-legged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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