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Sound of musical instrument that's swollen (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tuber

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'that's swollen' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'sound of musical instrument' is the wordplay.
'sound of' shows a homophone (sound like).
'musical instrument' becomes 'tuba' (tuba is a kind of musical instrument).
'tuba' is a homophone of 'TUBER'.

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(Other definitions for tuber that I've seen before include "Fleshy underground stem (eg of the potato)" , "or still vegetating?" , "One goes underground" , "Underground stem, root" , "Potato, for example" .)

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