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Strong wire for rebuilding in Berlin, say? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

songwriter

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'rebuilding in berlin say?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'strong wire' is the wordplay.
'strong wire' can be anagrammed to 'SONGWRITER'.
But, I'm not sure how this is indicated.

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for songwriter that I've seen before include "One who works with numbers" , "Composer" , "Berlin, perhaps" , "Producer of music/lyrics" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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