Cryptic crossword clue
Lure tenor with form of popular music 4

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

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The straight part
We know that "Lure" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lure = trap.
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What does TRAP mean?

TRAP noun
  1. A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
  2. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
  3. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
  4. A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
  5. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
  6. The game of trapball itself.
  7. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
  8. A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
  9. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
  10. A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
  11. A person's mouth.
  12. (in the plural) Belongings.
  13. A cubicle (in a public toilet).
  14. Trapshooting.
  15. A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
  16. An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
  17. A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
  18. A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. (Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g. "a trap phone", "a trap car".)
  19. A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko.
  20. A trans woman, transfeminine person, or crossdressing man.
  21. A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
  22. The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
TRAP verb
  1. To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
  2. To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
  3. To provide with a trap.
  4. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
  5. To leave suddenly, to flee.
  6. To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
  7. To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
  8. To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.
TRAP noun
  1. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
TRAP verb
  1. To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
TRAP noun
  1. The trapezius muscle.

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