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Wind player with nothing on, caught by strings player (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bassoonist

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'wind player' is the definition.
(I know that bassoonist is a type of woodwind instrument player)

'nothing on caught by strings player' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'caught by' is an insertion indicator.
'strings player' becomes 'bassist' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o'+'on'='oon'
'oon' going within 'bassist' is 'BASSOONIST'.

'with' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bassoonist that I've seen before include "Woodwind player" , "Musician" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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