Lofty-sounding organ dies away (9)

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grandiose

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'lofty' is the definition.
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'organ dies away' is the wordplay.
'away' is an anagram indicator (letters move away from their original places).
'organ'+'dies'='organdies'
'organdies' with letters rearranged gives 'GRANDIOSE'.

'sounding' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for grandiose that I've seen before include "Pretentiously magnificent" , "Pretentiously impressive" , "affected" , "Pretentiously imposing -- organised (anag)" , "Ridiculously impressive or imposing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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