The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DEBUSSY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DEBUSSY
- Composer‘s intro mostly sassy, regularly
- Composer‘s bottom rejected by topless minx
- Editors busy rearranging composer
- Composer's intro mostly sassy, regularly
- Composer, extremely diverse, occupied penning most original of songs
- One coming out demanding dismissal of fellow composer
- Musician in bed, laid up. Demanding? Not at first
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Composer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case composer = debussy.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.