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Perhaps West comes online — no, no good for conductors (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maestri

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'conductors' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'perhaps west comes online no no good' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'west' could be 'mae' (actress Mae West) and 'mae' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for maestri that I've seen before include "Famous conductors" , "Top conductors" , "Distinguished conductors" , "Distinguished musicians" , "Experts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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