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Part of orchestra once it's formed (7)

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I believe the answer is:

section

'part of orchestra' is the definition.
('section' is part of 'orchestra')

'once it's formed' is the wordplay.
'formed' is an anagram indicator.
'once'+'its'='onceits'
'onceits' is an anagram of 'SECTION'.

(Other definitions for section that I've seen before include "branch" , "Cut" , "Subdivision of a newspaper" , "Notices (anag)" , "unit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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