The Clue
Parts of many jam sessions (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SOLOS
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Notes
The answer SOLOS is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Is helpless?
Cadenzas, e.g.
Certain performances
Concert performances
Concert renditions
Eschews help
Arias, e.g.
Flies alone
Flights alone
Individual efforts
Individual performances
Lonely flights
One-man flights
Memorable flights
Most arias
Musical features
Opera features
Performs alone
Performs unaccompanied
Recital numbers
Recitals, often
Specialties for Mims
Standout performances
Thrills for choristers
Unaccompanied performances
Unaided flights
Airs not for pairs
Certain card games
Does a one-man show
Flights like Lindy's
Flights sans instructors
Goes it alone
Goes on one's own
Jazz club highlights
Jazz session highlights
Performs a cadenza, e.g.
Performs without accompaniment
Relatives of a Lindy hop?
Strains for single singers
They're always done by one
Tries one's wings
Doesn't have a second to lose?
Goes off on one's own
Definition
SOLO as a noun:
1. any activity that is performed alone without assistance
2. a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment)
3. a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied
SOLO as a verb:
1. fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers
2. perform a piece written for a single instrument