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Records the music (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

notes

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'records' is the definition.
(note is a kind of record)

'music' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'music' could be 'te' and 'te' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'nos' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for notes that I've seen before include "Observes; short comments" , "Memos; observes" , "Brief letters; money" , "eg E F G (mus.)" , "Written comments" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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