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Group has nothing to break your fall (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nonet

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'group' is the definition.
(group of nine musicians)

'nothing to break your fall' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'nothing' could be 'no' (similar in meaning) and 'no' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'net' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nonet that I've seen before include "Tonne (anag.); music for a group" , "Instrumental group of nine players" , "Multi-figure composition" , "Group of singers" , "Piece for nine performers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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