The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BAGPIPER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BAGPIPER
- Get hold of artist and musician
- Player gets sack — supporter takes a pee
- Acquire stout upright piano imported for musician
- Graduate doctor, one for each player
- Brother stores silver tubing for musician
- Get the hump with Queen’s musician
- Skirted musician bringing silver flute into empty bar
- Note smoker in pub is a musician
- One blows out air using silver tube with brown coating
- Good hookah in tavern for musician
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The straight part
We know that "Skirted musician" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case skirted musician = bagpiper.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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