The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word AUBADE
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More clues leading to the result AUBADE
- A university asked for a piece of early music
- How one addressed Shakespeare verbally in dawn poem?
- A poor end to performance after classy Here Comes the Sun?
- Broadcast invocation to Shakespeare
- Gold told of song at sunrise
- Song at sunrise offered to the French at first
- … the essence of Spandau Ballet and Sade’s Here Comes the Sun ? …
- Lean, urbane dude stripped when dancing for a song in the morning
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The straight part
We know that "dawn poem" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dawn poem = aubade.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AUBADE mean?
AUBADE noun- A song or poem greeting or evoking the dawn.
- A morning love song; a song of lovers parting in the morning.