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Virtuoso changed pin again (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paganini

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'virtuoso' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'changed pin again' is the wordplay.
'changed' is an anagram indicator.
'pin'+'again'='pinagain'
'pinagain' anagrammed gives 'PAGANINI'.

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(Other definitions for paganini that I've seen before include "Violinist and composer" , "Old bower" , "Nineteenth century violin virtuoso" , "was often on the fiddle" , "Famous violin virtuoso" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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