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Supremely ethereal, revered angel playing horn, primarily? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seraph

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'supremely ethereal revered angel playing horn primarily?' is the definition.
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'supremely ethereal revered angel playing horn primarily?' is the wordplay.
'primarily?' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'primarily' mean this).
The initial letters of 'supremely ethereal revered angel playing horn' is 'SERAPH'.

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(Other definitions for seraph that I've seen before include "Angelic type" , "Turn of phase for an angel" , "Leading angel" , "Heavenly creature" , "Phrase for a lofty angel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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