The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LISZT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result LISZT
- Record includes unknown composer
- Composer’s final jazz piece included in catalogue
- Second scorer for West Ham’s drunk
- Commentator’s to favour one side’s scorer
- Audible programme for composer
- Composer that’s unknown’s turning up in reading material
- Register includes unknown Hungarian composer
- Composer’s record overheard
- Record includes an unknown composer
- Inclination to include finale from Berlioz, a composer
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The straight part
We know that "Second scorer for West Ham’s drunk" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case second scorer for west ham’s drunk = liszt.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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