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Right! I follow agitated mates and great musicians (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maestri

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

'right i follow agitated mates' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'agitated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mates' with letters rearranged gives 'maest'.
'r'+'i'='ri'
'ri' after 'maest' is 'MAESTRI'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for maestri that I've seen before include "Experts" , "Distinguished conductors" , "Distinguished musicians" , "great musicians" , "Top conductors" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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