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'Offspring' providing accompaniment around finale (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

descendant

'offspring' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'accompaniment around finale' is the wordplay.
'accompaniment' becomes 'descant' (descant is a kind of accompaniment).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'finale' becomes 'end' (I've seen this before).
'descant' enclosing 'end' is 'DESCENDANT'.

'providing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for descendant that I've seen before include "Later family member" , "Progeny" , "One from a long line" , "Grandson maybe" , "Future person in one's family line" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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