The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NOTATE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NOTATE
- Write a score part for one of the foregoing? Ta – terriffc
- Write symbolically a message including thanks
- Be a composer, not a vacuous Trumpite!
- Compose a short statement welcoming volunteers
- What music maker may do conducting at Eton
- There’s appreciation in college about what composer does?
- Write down some music? Not a note!
- Indicate how to play number to gallery
- Record in bars showing lack of an artistic patron?
- Write down impression about volunteers
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What does NOTATE mean?
NOTATE verb- To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
- To add notes to; to annotate
- To create notation (i.e. music); to record/put down in the form of notation
- Marked with coloured spots or lines.