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Maazel’s stardom regularly revealed a great conductor (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maestro

'a great conductor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'maazel's stardom regularly revealed' is the wordplay.
'regularly revealed' indicates alternate letters.
'maazels'+'stardom'='maazelsstardom'
The alternating letters of 'maazelsstardom' are 'MAESTRO'.

(Other definitions for maestro that I've seen before include "Great figure" , "Eminent musician" , "Distinguished musician - most are (anag)" , "Means of payment" , "Virtuoso" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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