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Musicians send raunchy message containing note (6)

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sextet

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'musicians' is the definition.
(a sextet is a group of six musicians)

'message containing note' is the wordplay.
'message' becomes 'sext' (I have seen 'Explicit message' mean 'sext' so perhaps 'message' could also mean 'sext').
'containing' is an insertion indicator.
'note' becomes 'te' (musical note as in do re mi fa so la ti).
'sext' enclosing 'te' is 'SEXTET'.

'send raunchy' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for sextet that I've seen before include "Chamber group (1)" , "Group of six players" , "Musical work" , "Music for six" , "Half-dozen in a group" .)

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