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Note house on British river tempted woman (9)

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I believe the answer is:

semibreve

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'british river tempted woman' is the definition.
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'note house on' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'breve' (musical note).
'house' becomes 'semi' (short for semi-detached).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'breve' after 'semi' is 'SEMIBREVE'.

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(Other definitions for semibreve that I've seen before include "Note equal to two minims" , "Note equivalent to four crotchets" , "2 minims/4 crotchets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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