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Primarily two roping in one? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trio

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'primarily two roping in one?' is the definition.
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'primarily two roping in one?' is the wordplay.
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'two roping in one' is 'TRIO'.

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(Other definitions for trio that I've seen before include "Beethoven's 'Archduke', for instance" , "Three together" , "Band of three" , "Beethoven's 'Archduke', for example" , "Three of a kind" .)

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