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Returning neighbour’s musical instrument (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tuba

'musical instrument' is the definition.
(tuba is a kind of musical instrument)

'returning neighbour's' is the wordplay.
'returning' is a reversal indicator.
'neighbour' becomes 'abut' (I've seen this before).
'abut' back-to-front is 'TUBA'.

(Other definitions for tuba that I've seen before include "Producer of note" , "Brassy thing" , "member of band" , "bit of brass" , "Stop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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