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Barber's poignant adagio band played finally (4)

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todd

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'barber's' is the definition.
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'poignant adagio band played finally' is the wordplay.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
The final letters of 'poignant adagio band played' are 'TODD'.

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(Other definitions for todd that I've seen before include "Irish-born British actor and soldier, Richard, d. 2009" , "Sweeney, Fleet Street barber" , "Richard --, was Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters" , "19th-century demon barber of Fleet Street" , "Demon 12 of Fleet Street" .)

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