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Instrument study sure to leave answer to the end (10)

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I believe the answer is:

concertina

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'instrument' is the definition.
(concertina is a kind of instrument)

'study sure to leave answer to the end' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'study' could be 'con' (con can mean to study) and 'con' is found within the answer.
'answer' could be 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A) and 'a' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for concertina that I've seen before include "Instrument played like an accordion" , "Squeeze box" , "Squeeze-box" , "fold" , "Musical instrument with bellows" .)

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