The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AIDA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result AIDA
- What opera fans want to see first hand?
- Slave girl’s excellent hairstyle
- A parent of Maisie who knew a princess
- An Indian, oddly, appearing in opera
- Funding a musical that may be fascinating?
- Help a female doomed to die
- help a heroine
- Funding a grand opera? Doesn’t sound like it!
- Help a character in opera
- Help put on ace opera
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