The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CASTANETS
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More clues leading to the result CASTANETS
- Arrange a test scan for sound generators
- Walton’s advice perhaps succeeded for some of the percussion
- Go fishing with sons in Spanish sound?
- Pairs sometimes used to click while dancing
- Group of luvvies like hugging Nick – they click
- instruments
- Actors with a gun in send-up – they click
- Try and catch fish with special instrument
- Trawl round America for 7’s implement
- Try to catch seafood with small shell-shaped instruments
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The straight part
We know that "sound generators" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sound generators = castanets.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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What does CASTANETS mean?
CASTANETS noun- A percussion instrument (idiophone) of Spanish origin, consisting of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by a string, held in the hand and used to produce clicking sounds; any hand-held percussion idiophone that can be played with the fingers, such as bones or spoons.