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One’s lifted to accompany raga primarily (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sitar

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'one's lifted to accompany raga primarily' is the definition.
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'one's lifted to accompany raga primarily' is the wordplay.
'one's' becomes 'I's' (Roman numeral).
'lifted' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in down clue).
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'to accompany raga' is 'tar'.
'is' in reverse letter order is 'si'.
'si'+'tar'='SITAR'

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(Other definitions for sitar that I've seen before include "It takes pluck" , "music producer" , "Plucked instrument" , "music-maker" , "Astir with Indian long-necked lute" .)

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