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Priest breaking wind instrument in US city (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kalamazoo

'us city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'priest breaking wind instrument' is the wordplay.
'priest' becomes 'lama' (lama is a kind of priest).
'breaking' indicates putting letters inside.
'wind instrument' becomes 'kazoo' (kazoo is a kind of wind instrument).
'lama' going within 'kazoo' is 'KALAMAZOO'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for kalamazoo that I've seen before include "US city" , "I've got a gal in - (Glenn Miller)" , "Michigan city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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