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Musical box: relic spattered with mud (8)

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dulcimer

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'musical box' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
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'relic spattered with mud' is the wordplay.
'spattered with' is an anagram indicator.
'relic' anagrammed with 'mud' makes 'DULCIMER'.

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(Other definitions for dulcimer that I've seen before include "Hammered instrument" , "one hit with hammer" , "Percussion instrument struck with small hammers" , "Something instrumental" , "Musical instrument - lime curd (anag)" .)

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