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Its choir could be famous (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

historic

'famous' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'its choir could be' is the wordplay.
'could be' is an anagram indicator.
'its'+'choir'='itschoir'
'itschoir' anagrammed gives 'HISTORIC'.

(Other definitions for historic that I've seen before include "Momentous, noteworthy" , "sort of present" , "Choir sit (anag.)" , "Pertaining to what is important in the past" , "remarkable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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