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Composr taking brief holidays by the end of August (5)

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I believe the answer is:

holst

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'composr' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'brief holidays by the end of august' is the wordplay.
'brief holidays' becomes 'hols' (informal abbreviation; 'brief' indicates a short form).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the end of' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'august' is 't'.
'hols'+'t'='HOLST'

'taking' is the link.

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(Other definitions for holst that I've seen before include "He scored" , "Composer of The Planets, d. 1934" , "Planets Suite composer" , "British composer, 1874-1934" , "Gustav - (The Planets)" .)

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