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Society concerned with G & S arias? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

songs

'arias?' is the definition.
(aria is a kind of song)

'society concerned with g s' is the wordplay.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'concerned with' becomes 'on' (I've seen this in other clues**).
's'+'on'+'g'+'s'='SONGS'

(Other definitions for songs that I've seen before include "Anthems" , "Musical compositions with words" , "Words with music" , "Melodies with words" , "Vocal compositions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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