The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SOLTI
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More clues leading to the result SOLTI
- Musical maestro offering one note after another
- Look, it's about rising maestro
- Maestro in GB possibly
- Three consecutive notes lacking a 6 Down
- Drunk touches current, grabbing front of lightning conductor
- Conductor reversing some exit losses
- Conductor turned up in Kuwait, lost
- Conductor setting time in individual performances
- Very large tenor, international household name in opera
- Orchestra conductor’s two notes
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "Conductor" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case conductor = solti.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.