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Orchestra’s trio, perhaps, struck second sleigh bells, say? (9)

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syllables

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'orchestra's trio perhaps' is the definition.
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'struck second sleigh bells say?' is the wordplay.
'struck' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'second sleigh' becomes 'l' (2nd letter of 'sleigh').
'l'+'bells'+'say'='lbellssay'
'lbellssay' with letters rearranged gives 'SYLLABLES'.

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(Other definitions for syllables that I've seen before include "Individual sounds in a word" , "Unit of spoken language" , "Units of spoken language" , "Units in a word" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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