The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 4 letter word TE DEUM
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TE DEUM
- Hymn strangely muted, little energy in it
- Latin hymn, dreary stuff I translated to English
- Canticle features duet with me, unfortunately
- What animates me, duet that’s sung in church
- Latin hymn is very close to monotony
- One out of boredom penning English song
- Hymn garden, briefly maintained by corporation
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The straight part
We know that "Hymn" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hymn = te deum.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.
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