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Together, sang notes simultaneously, taking exercise (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chorused

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'together sang' is the definition.
'chorused' can be an answer for 'sang' (chorusing is a kind of singing). I'm not sure about the 'together' bit.

'notes simultaneously taking exercise' is the wordplay.
'notes simultaneously' becomes 'chord' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'taking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'exercise' becomes 'use' (synonyms).
'chord' going around 'use' is 'CHORUSED'.

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(Another definition for chorused that I've seen is " Sang".)

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