The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STRETTI
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result STRETTI
- Passages in street on dry island
- Tritest Brahms and Liszt passages from fugues
- Knocked back beer after belting out initial tenor and soprano parts of fugue
- Compose tritest forms of Italian fugues
- Final operatic parts producing titters
- Titters about accelerating music
- Fugue passages produce titters inappropriately
- Musical passages producing titters
- Titters infuriated some bars at the end
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The straight part
We know that "some bars at the end" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case some bars at the end = stretti.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 STRETTI mean?
STRETTI noun- The presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue, especially towards the end.
- An acceleration in the tempo of an opera that produces an ending climax.