Musician and academic penning big hit that is no. 1 in Vienna (9)

Guardian Cryptic #29425 | 14 Down | 2024-07-03
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

PROF (“academic”) penning KO (knockout, so “big hit”) + i.e. (“that is”) + [ no 1 in ] V (ienna) Would have preferred “composer” to “musician”.

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