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Austrian governess given cold welcome makes music (8)

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I believe the answer is:

mariachi

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'music' is the definition.
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'austrian governess given cold welcome' is the wordplay.
'austrian governess given' becomes 'maria' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cold' becomes 'C' (eg on taps).
'welcome' becomes 'hi' (both are greetings).
'maria'+'c'+'hi'='MARIACHI'

'makes' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mariachi that I've seen before include "Traditional Mexican folk music" , "Mexican street musician" , "street musicians?" , "Source of Mexican music" , "one who performs music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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