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Local name brings musical back (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

native

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'local' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'name brings musical back' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'Nat'.
'brings musical back' becomes 'ive' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'nat'+'ive'='NATIVE'

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(Other definitions for native that I've seen before include "Resident" , "One locally born" , "In a natural state" , "Belonging to a particular place by birth" , "One born in a certain place" .)

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