Cryptic crossword clue
Quality of sound coming from piston engine 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TONE

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The straight part

We know that "Quality of sound" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case quality of sound = tone.

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 TONE mean?

1. A specific pitch.
2. (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
3. (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
4. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
5. General character, mood, or trend.
6. The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
7. A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
8. The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
9. State of mind; temper; mood.
10. The shade or quality of a colour.
11. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
12. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
13. The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
14. Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
15. A gun

1. To give a particular tone to
2. To change the colour of
3. To make (something) firmer
4. To harmonize, especially in colour
5. To utter with an affected tone.

1. The one (of two)

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