The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SONATAS
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More clues leading to the result SONATAS
- Person at a symphony clutching pieces of music
- Compositions produced by a lad at a gate to Shropshire
- Boys welcoming a thankyou for compositions
- Works point on old phone connectors
- They’re played, so raising the devil
- Some pieces on at a Schubertiade?
- Sat around playing while producing classical pieces
- Thus the enemy returned some music
- Tempting figure’s about to eat doughnut pieces
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What does SONATAS mean?
SONATAS noun- A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.