The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SUITE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SUITE
- Heard of charming apartment!
- Matching set of furniture in clubs perhaps, ultimately adequate
- Musical composition charming to listen to
- Attractive-sounding collection of pieces
- Series sounds delightful
- Apartment delightful, by the sound of it?
- Train to become head of economics
- Pleasant sounding set of furniture
- Matching furniture is delightful, we’re told
- Adjoining rooms adorable, by the sound of it
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The straight part
We know that "Matching furniture" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case matching furniture = suite.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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What does SUITE mean?
SUITE noun- A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage
- A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together
- A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
- A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.
- An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.
- A group of related computer programs distributed together.