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The Clue
Mournful composition (5 letter answer)
The Answer
DIRGE
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Notes
The answer DIRGE is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
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Doleful air
Gloomy tune
Mournful song
Dreary sound
Sad psalm
Musical lament
Passing notes?
Plaintive piece
Scottish coronach
Threnody
Song from "Cymbeline"
Requiem
Lament for the dead
Solemn song
Elegiac music
Somber tune
Monody
Bagpipe music, maybe
Music for mourners
Sad song
Lament
Definition
DIRGE as a noun:
1. (dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody) = a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person