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Stenographer's instrument (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recorder

I believe this is a double definition.

'stenographer's' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'instrument' is the second definition.
(recorder is a kind of instrument)

(Other definitions for recorder that I've seen before include "Wind instrument - historian, perhaps" , "Woodwind instrument; official" , "Annalist" , "Musical instrument or note-taker" , "Fipple-flute" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Independent.
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