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Joy, maybe, from Beethoven's second movement (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emotion

'joy maybe' is the definition.

'beethoven's second movement' is the wordplay.
'beethoven's second' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'movement' becomes 'motion' ('motion' can be a synonym of 'movement').
'e'+'motion'='EMOTION'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for emotion that I've seen before include "sense" , "Hatred or love, say" , "Surprise, perhaps" , "Feeling - sentiment" , "Strong feeling as of love or hate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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