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Musicians list Faust as awkward (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flautists

'musicians' is the definition.
(flautist is a kind of musician)

'list faust as awkward' is the wordplay.
'as awkward' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'list'+'faust'='listfaust'
'listfaust' with letters rearranged gives 'FLAUTISTS'.

(Another definition for flautists that I've seen is " Source of wind music".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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