Musicians spotted by a wood-cutter (7)
I believe the answer is:
bandsaw
'cutter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'musicians spotted by' is the wordplay.
'musicians' becomes 'band' (group of musicians).
'spotted' becomes 'saw' (I've seen this before).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'band'+'saw'='BANDSAW'
'a wood' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bandsaw that I've seen before include "cutter" , "Tool used by a carpenter or joiner" , "one might cut deal" , "Powerful tool" .)