Musician inspires scout to be prepared (13)

I believe the answer is:

percussionist

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

'inspires scout to be prepared' is the wordplay.
'to be prepared' indicates an anagram.
'inspires'+'scout'='inspiresscout'
'inspiresscout' is an anagram of 'PERCUSSIONIST'.

(Other definitions for percussionist that I've seen before include "Banger" , "Striking musician" , "Orchestral member" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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