Possibly it's at noon they're symbolic (9)

I believe the answer is:

notations

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'symbolic' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.

'possibly it's at noon' is the wordplay.
'possibly' is an anagram indicator.
'its'+'at'+'noon'='itsatnoon'
'itsatnoon' is an anagram of 'NOTATIONS'.

'they're' acts as a link.

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