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Jittery aviator disheartened pianist working for operatic star (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pavarotti

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'working for operatic star' is the definition.
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'jittery aviator disheartened pianist' is the wordplay.
'jittery' indicates an anagram.
'disheartened' means to remove the middle letters (the middle or heart is removed).
'pianist' with its middle taken out is 'pt'.
'aviator'+'pt'='aviatorpt'
'aviatorpt' anagrammed gives 'PAVAROTTI'.

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(Other definitions for pavarotti that I've seen before include "Luciano . . . . . . . . ., great Italian tenor" , "Is art a pivot for this tenor?" , "Air ace" , "Luciano ......... popular modern Italian tenor." , "Singer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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