Crossword Genius

President with alien instrument (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trumpet

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

'president with alien' is the wordplay.
'president' becomes 'trump' (Donald Trump).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'alien' becomes 'et' (extraterrestrial).
'trump'+'et'='TRUMPET'

(Other definitions for trumpet that I've seen before include "Daffodil corona" , "Head" , "Brass musical instrument" , "brassy type" , "Brass wind instrument" .)

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