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Church expert accepts regularly using note in musical form (8)

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I believe the answer is:

chaconne

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'note in musical form' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'church expert accepts regularly' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'expert' becomes 'ace' (ace is a kind of expert).
'accepts' is an insertion indicator.
'regularly' becomes 'onn' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ace' placed around 'onn' is 'aconne'.
'ch'+'aconne'='CHACONNE'

'using' is the link.

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(Other definitions for chaconne that I've seen before include "Slow dance" , "Stately dance" , "Music for Spanish dancing" , "Composition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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