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Scot offering a song at funeral? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

alastair

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'scot' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'a song at funeral?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'song' could be 'air' (I've seen this before) and 'air' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'last' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'offering' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for alastair that I've seen before include "A Scots name" , "Scotsman?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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