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Note: nine upset by musical (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

annie

'musical' is the definition.
(Annie is a Broadway musical)

'note nine upset' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'a' (musical note).
'upset' indicates an anagram.
'nine' is an anagram of 'nnie'.
'a'+'nnie'='ANNIE'

'by' is the link.

(Other definitions for annie that I've seen before include "Popular musical about Little Orphan" , "Musical inspired by comic strip" , "Popular stage musical" , "Little Ophan .....; also a musical" , "Cartoon strip orphan" .)

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