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Some Balkan swindler always ignoring a note (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crotchet

'note' is the definition.
(musical note)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for crotchet that I've seen before include "One in bar" , "Musical note equal to half a minim" , "In music, it has quarter the time value of a whole note" , "perverse notion" , "Quarter of a semibreve" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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