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Orchestral passage — dear me, it's over! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tutti

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

'dear me it's over' is the wordplay.
'dear me' becomes 'tut' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'over' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'it' back-to-front is 'ti'.
'tut'+'ti'='TUTTI'

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(Other definitions for tutti that I've seen before include "when everyone plays" , "(Musically) performed by all instruments" , "Everybody (mus.)" , "All (stage direction)" , "Instruction for all orchestral instruments to play together" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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