Cryptic crossword clue
University dons fabricated claims about output from instruments? 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MUSICAL

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The straight part
We know that "about output from instruments" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case about output from instruments = musical.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does MUSICAL mean?

MUSICAL noun
  1. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
  2. A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.
MUSICAL adjective
  1. Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
  2. Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
  3. Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
  4. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.

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