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Pawn a table for a musician (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

instrumentalist

'a musician' is the definition.
('instrumentalist' can be a synonym of 'musician')

'pawn a table' is the wordplay.
'pawn' becomes 'instrument' ('instrument' can be a synonym of 'pawn').
'table' becomes 'list'.
'instrument'+'a'+'list'='INSTRUMENTALIST'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for instrumentalist that I've seen before include "oboe, perhaps" , "one of the band" , "musician" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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