The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MELODIC
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More clues leading to the result MELODIC
- Sweet person treating you gets large round in
- See: doctor to nurse is sweet
- Like air I’m cold when blown with energy
- A thousand coiled snakes sounding good
- Compiler’s hero turning 100 is tuneful
- Musical doctor covering ligatures and operatic overtures
- Spice Girl goes over old hit, occasionally sounding tuneful
- Sounding agreeable, doctor covers tips for lumbago
- Tuneful rock band departs, one embraced by host
- Pleasant-sounding doctor takes look inside
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The straight part
We know that "sounding tuneful/Spice Girl" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sounding tuneful/spice girl = melodic.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 MELODIC mean?
MELODIC adjective- Of, relating to, or having melody.
- Melodious, tuneful.