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Runs a company, back in America, producing wind instrument (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ocarina

'wind instrument' is the definition.
(ocarina is a kind of wind instrument)

'runs a company back in america' is the wordplay.
'runs' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in cricket).
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'america' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'r'+'a'+'co'='raco'
'raco' backwards is 'ocar'.
'ocar'+'in'+'a'='OCARINA'

'producing' is the link.

(Other definitions for ocarina that I've seen before include "dated instrument" , "Play a musical toy in the ICA, Nora" , "Terracotta wind instr." , "Toy flute" , "Toy-like wind instrument" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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