Orchestral selection that includes the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (10,5)

I believe the answer is:

nutcracker suite

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'fairy' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for nutcracker suite that I've seen before include "music" , "score?" , "composition" , "Set of pieces" .)

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