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Instrument that could make mobile ring (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cello

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

'mobile ring' is the wordplay.
'mobile' becomes 'cell' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ring' becomes 'o' (letter resembling a ring).
'cell'+'o'='CELLO'

'that could make' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cello that I've seen before include "Bowed musical instrument" , "String quartet instrument" , "has strings attached" , "Lloyd Webber's instrument" , "Music-maker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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