Cryptic crossword clue
Join in rising maestro’s missing semi-octave 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEAM

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The straight part
We know that "Join" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case join = seam.
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What does SEAM mean?

SEAM noun
  1. A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
  2. A suture.
  3. A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
  4. The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
  5. A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
  6. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
  7. A line of junction; a joint.
SEAM verb
  1. To put together with a seam.
  2. To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
  3. To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
  4. To crack open along a seam.
  5. Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
  6. Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.
SEAM noun
  1. An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
  2. An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
SEAM noun
  1. Grease; tallow; lard

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