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Songwriter Neko starts to create another sad elegy (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

case

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'songwriter neko' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'starts to create another sad elegy' is the wordplay.
'starts to' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'create another sad elegy' is 'CASE'.

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(Other definitions for case that I've seen before include "Overnight bag" , "See 12" , "Detective work" , "suit for trial" , "proceedings" .)

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