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Musical piece with bubbly time-keeping? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

motet

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'musical piece' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'bubbly time-keeping?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'moet' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for motet that I've seen before include "Something to sing" , "Creating sacred piece" , "work by Tallis, for example" , "Word; fixed period" , "Short sacred choral piece" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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