Shops aired dismally romantic pieces of music (10)
I believe the answer is:
rhapsodies
'pieces of music' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'shops aired dismally romantic' is the wordplay.
'shops aired' anagrams to 'RHAPSODIES'.
But, I am not sure how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for rhapsodies that I've seen is " poems?".)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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