The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 6 letter word COLE PORTER
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More clues leading to the result COLE PORTER
- One responsible for standards in cabbage and beer
- Man responsible for standards in small firm, left journalist right away
- Songwriter taking firm line with journalist, right away
- Musical man? One who has got the sack, we hear!
- Composer, one carrying fuel to the audience?
- Old king left Queen’s Master of Music
- Man responsible for standards in company, left with journalist right away
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Musical man" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case musical man = cole porter.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.