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Valuable violin, informally (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strad

(Other definitions for strad that I've seen before include "Noted violin" , "Famous violin" , "Old, very expensive violin (abbr)" , "that Grappelli could have played" , "Valuable violin (abbrev.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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