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Old bandmaster provided by America (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sousa

'old bandmaster' is the definition.
(I know that Sousa is a bandmaster)

'provided by america' is the wordplay.
'provided' becomes 'so' (I've seen this in other clues).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'america' becomes 'usa' (synonyms).
'so'+'usa'='SOUSA'

(Other definitions for sousa that I've seen before include "John Philip -, composer of famous marches (The Stars and Stripes for Ever)" , "March man?" , "John Philip ---, US bandmaster" , "John Philip --, American march composer" , "US composer of marches" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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