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Syringes found in soft sloppy nappies (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

panpipes

'syringes' is the definition.
('panpipe' can be a synonym of 'syrinx')

'soft sloppy nappies' is the wordplay.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano').
'sloppy' is an anagram indicator.
'nappies' with letters rearranged gives 'anpipes'.
'p'+'anpipes'='PANPIPES'

'found in' is the link.

(Other definitions for panpipes that I've seen before include "Primitive wind instrument" , "Musical instrument made of reeds of different lengths" , "Simple wind instrument" , "Folk instrument" , "Crude wind instrument" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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