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After theatre, even in coma playing instrument (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harmonica

'instrument' is the definition.
(harmonica is a kind of instrument)

'after theatre even in coma playing' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'even' indicates alternate letters (even-numbered letters are used).
'playing' indicates anagramming the letters.
The alternating letters of 'theatre' are 'har'.
'in'+'coma'='incoma'
'incoma' is an anagram of 'monica'.
'har'+'monica' is 'HARMONICA'.

(Other definitions for harmonica that I've seen before include "It's played by blowing into holes" , "Blow me!" , "glasses of water" , "Larry Adler's instrument" , "An alternative mouth-organ" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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