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A plucky musician? (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

guitar player

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'a plucky musician?' is the definition.
'guitar player' can be an answer for 'musician?' (guitar player is a kind of musician). I'm unsure of the 'a plucky' bit.

'plucky musician?' is the wordplay.
'plucky' becomes 'guitar' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'musician?' becomes 'player' (synonyms).
'guitar'+'player'='GUITAR PLAYER'

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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