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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 cannot see how one could define the other.

'strong wire' is the wordplay.
'strong wire' can be anagrammed to 'SONGWRITER'.
Though, I'm not clear how the anagram is indicated.

'for' is the 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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