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Picnic arranged to entertain a well-bred composer (7)

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I believe the answer is:

puccini

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'composer' is the definition.
(Giacomo Puccini)

'picnic arranged to entertain a well-bred' is the wordplay.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator (letters rearranged).
'to entertain' indicates putting letters inside.
'a well-bred' becomes 'u' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'picnic' with letters rearranged gives 'pccini'.
'pccini' going around 'u' is 'PUCCINI'.

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(Other definitions for puccini that I've seen before include "Italian barman" , "Composer of 'Madam Butterfly' and 'La Boheme'" , "Italian composer of Madam Butterfly" , "Italian operatic composer" , "Turandot composer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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