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Woodwind instrument recital arranged around noon (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clarinet

'woodwind instrument' is the definition.
(clarinet is a kind of woodwind instrument)

'recital arranged around noon' is the wordplay.
'arranged' indicates an anagram (letters rearranged).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'noon' becomes 'n' (abbreviation for noon).
'recital' is an anagram of 'clariet'.
'clariet' going around 'n' is 'CLARINET'.

(Other definitions for clarinet that I've seen before include "Instrument in claret, strangely" , "Single reed woodwind instrument" , "Wind instrument made from Clare tin" , "23 instrument" , "musician" .)

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