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Suspect let cop see instrument (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

telescope

'instrument' is the definition.
(telescope is a kind of instrument)

'suspect let cop see' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates anagramming the letters (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'let'+'cop'+'see'='letcopsee'
'letcopsee' is an anagram of 'TELESCOPE'.

(Other definitions for telescope that I've seen before include "Instrument for viewing from afar" , "Optical instrument for distant viewing" , "Compress like optical instrument that magnifies" , "contract" , "Magnifier of distant images" .)

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