The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CHANTEUSE
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More clues leading to the result CHANTEUSE
- Tunes, each differently arranged for nightclub singer
- Church worker priests in centre employ as singer
- Singer wanted peripheral sections cut during church service
- Each tune’s special for someone like Piaf
- Singer with stake in church employment
- Hard worker in church given employment as singer
- Tune lost in hunt for singer
- Prior to operation, soldier inspired by revolutionary singer
- She performs, he can’t, perhaps needs exercise
- She sings in clubs to husband and, to the audience, against trees
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What does CHANTEUSE mean?
CHANTEUSE noun- A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.