The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SMETANA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SMETANA
- Scorer’s stock stories about start of match
- Composer run into in hospital area
- Scorer from Europe contacted in the Americas
- Composer from Wales met an arranger
- A team’s new ground produces scorer
- Got together in hospital with a composer
- Unusual sonata, nothing to be missed, this person’s penned?
- Music man roused at 7
- Small opera company wants an American composer
- Composer came across two articles on Shostakovich’s Fourth
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The straight part
We know that "Composer/Composer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case composer/composer = smetana.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 SMETANA mean?
SMETANA noun- A form of soured cream or crème fraîche from Central and Eastern Europe.