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Low place haunted by orchestral musicians? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pit

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'low place' is the definition.
'pit' can be an answer for 'place' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'low' bit.

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(Other definitions for pit that I've seen before include "Big deep hole in the ground" , "Large hole; fruit stone" , "Large hole; mine" , "Coal mine" , "A hole as for coal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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