Cryptic crossword clue
Notes from instruments at the end of Schubert’s First 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHARPS

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What does SHARPS mean?

SHARPS noun
  1. The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
  2. A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
  3. A note that is sharp in a particular key.
  4. The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
  5. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
  6. A dishonest person; a cheater.
  7. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
  8. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
  9. (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
  10. An expert.
  11. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
SHARPS verb
  1. To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
  2. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
  3. To sharpen.

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