Cryptic crossword clue
Record company not about to enter Home Counties for a short interval 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SEMIT(ON)E

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What does SEMIT(ON)E mean?

SEMIT(ON)E noun
  1. The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave
  2. Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

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