The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PSALM
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More clues leading to the result PSALM
- Hand in part penning second song
- Sacred song, second to be introduced to mate before mass
- Song sung originally in tree!
- Son in tree produces sacred poem
- Secretary has pounds invested in American song
- Hymn: ‘Trump’s Almost Content’
- A song which praises trees
- Song Paul Simon composed – no No.1, you said
- Snake upped and left maiden in Bible verse
- Tract of sleeplessness recalled for the record
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The straight part
We know that "song" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case song = psalm.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PSALM mean?
PSALM noun- A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
- One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
- To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing