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Do signals, somehow producing a series of notes, played rapidly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glissando

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'a series of notes played rapidly' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'do signals somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'do'+'signals'='dosignals'
'dosignals' anagrammed gives 'GLISSANDO'.

'producing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for glissando that I've seen before include "Re-interpreting this musical direction" , "Musical flourish" , "trombone slide, for example" , "note series rapidly executed" , "Sliding effect in moving from one musical note to another" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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