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Records from chief composer (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

archives

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

'chief composer' is the wordplay.
'chief' becomes 'arch' (synonyms).
'composer' becomes 'ives' (I've seen this before).
'arch'+'ives'='ARCHIVES'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for archives that I've seen before include "Collections of old documents" , "data" , "Chronicles" , "Public records" , "Record collection" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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