The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 10 letter word WIND INSTRUMENT
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More clues leading to the result WIND INSTRUMENT
- Nun's midwinter revels involving tango and saxophone?
- Topless 2 say victory, how not to play it and somehow intend to cover that
- Serpent for instance to coil up on apparatus
- Left about half of dinner behind at home, to play guitar or sax?
- New tin drum isn’t bad thing to have in orchestra
- Endlessly wine and dine people in bar? Blow that!
- Bit of brass tool used by meteorologist
- Source of notes might be an anemometer
- Land associated with big noise and singular pack, say, in races, one of a trio?
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The straight part
We know that "Serpent for instance" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case serpent for instance = wind instrument.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WIND INSTRUMENT mean?
WIND INSTRUMENT noun- Any musical instrument that produces sound when air flows through it; a reed instrument or brass instrument.