The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PARTITA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PARTITA
- What many do with Hair?
- Soldier's caged bird revealing musical composition
- Musical work uses computers in opening section
- A hint about possessing skill for some 17
- Disaster of a royal patient not having en suite
- Pair that trashed hotel to leave suite
- Skill in place for orchestra with a set of musical compositions
- Piece of Bach, perhaps: leave it alone to start with
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The straight part
We know that "Piece of Bach, perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case piece of bach, perhaps = partita.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.
What does PARTITA mean?
PARTITA noun- A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century