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Musical group embracing quiet way to play (7)

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I believe the answer is:

gamelan

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'musical group embracing quiet' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'way to play' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'lan' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'play' becomes 'game'.
'lan' after 'game' is 'GAMELAN'.

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(Other definitions for gamelan that I've seen before include "Balinese orchestra" , "Asian ensemble" , "Asian players" , "exotic orchestra" , "Indonesian orchestra" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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