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Piece of music is not a soul track primarily (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nonet

'piece of music' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not a soul track primarily' is the wordplay.
'not a soul' becomes 'none' (both can mean nobody).
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'track' is 't'.
'none'+'t'='NONET'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for nonet that I've seen before include "Band of nine?" , "Composition for nine voices" , "Tonne (anag.); music for a group" , "baseball team" , "Ennead" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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