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Musical instrument from India carried by celebrity (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sitar

'musical instrument' is the definition.
'sitar' can be an answer for 'instrument' (sitar is a kind of instrument). I also know that 'musical' relates to this answer.

'india carried by celebrity' is the wordplay.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'carried by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (I've seen this before).
'i' inserted into 'star' is 'SITAR'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sitar that I've seen before include "Indian musical instrument like long-necked lute" , "Indian string instrument" , "Plucked instrument" , "Large Indian lute" , "Hindu stringed instrument" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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