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Tune Oscar composed for mistress (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

courtesan

'mistress' is the definition.
(courtesan is a kind of mistress)

'tune oscar composed' is the wordplay.
'composed' indicates an anagram.
'tune'+'oscar'='tuneoscar'
'tuneoscar' anagrammed gives 'COURTESAN'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for courtesan that I've seen before include "Kept woman" , "High-class prostitute" , "Fanny Hill, perhaps" , "paramour" , "Prostitute - mistress of high-ranking man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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