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Note in scale, only not E (3)

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I believe the answer is:

sol

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

'scale only not e' is the wordplay.
'scale' becomes 's' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'only' becomes 'sole' (synonyms).
'not' suggests deleting specific letters.
'e' becomes 'Es' (synonyms).
'sole' with 'es' removed is 'ol'.
's'+'ol'='SOL'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sol that I've seen before include "Roman counterpart of Helios" , "Note, old french coin" , "The sun in 12 Across" , "Personification of the sun" , "Note - colloid - the Sun" .)

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