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Musician bumped bungling dancer from notice boards (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oboist

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'musician' is the definition.
(oboist is a kind of musician)

'bungling dancer from notice boards' is the wordplay.
'bungling' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'from' is a deletion indicator.
'notice'+'boards'='noticeboards'
'noticeboards' with 'dancer' taken away is 'otibos'.
'otibos' anagrammed gives 'OBOIST'.

'bumped' is the link.
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(Other definitions for oboist that I've seen before include "Wind player" , "Player of woodwind instrument of treble pitch" , "Do I boost the musician?" , "Musician who plays woodwind of treble pitch" , "Instrumentalist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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