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Something to play from India embraced by Harrison, for one (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sitar

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'harrison for one' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'something to play from india embraced' is the wordplay.
'something' becomes 'it' (both can refer to an object).
'to play from india' becomes 'sar' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'embraced' is an insertion indicator.
'it' inserted into 'sar' is 'SITAR'.

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sitar that I've seen before include "Large Indian lute" , "Stringed instrument of the subcontinent" , "Indian stringed instrument" , "Hindu string instrument" , "Plucked instrument" .)

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