Musician’s grand spot close to audience in pub (8)

From Times Cryptic 29463, 17D

17D — Musician’s grand spot close to audience in pub (8) — BAGPIPER

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Musician's' — The definition is just the first word — what kind of performer?
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'in'
  • Operation
    'in' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'grand spot audience pub'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'close to'
  • Operation
    'close to' signals a letter_selection operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'audience'
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'grand' → G
  • Assembly
    BAR + GPIPE = BA(GPIPE)R

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