Cryptic crossword clue
Not loud, or it would have been in the wind section  4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LUTE 

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What does LUTE  mean?

1. A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

1. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

1. Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
3. (brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.

1. To fix or fasten something with lute.

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