Crossword Genius

Notes genius is strangely large (5)

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I believe the answer is:

elgar

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'notes genius' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'strangely large' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'large' with letters rearranged gives 'ELGAR'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for elgar that I've seen before include "Glare strangely at the English composer" , "Scorer" , "British composer, d. 1934" , "Nimrod composer" , "man of note" .)

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