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Stream of notes composed by Handel? (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

water music

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'composed by handel?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs occasionally mean the same thing.

'stream of notes' is the wordplay.
'stream of' becomes 'water' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'notes' becomes 'music' (a piece of music is made up of musical notes).
'water'+'music'='WATER-MUSIC'

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(Other definitions for water music that I've seen before include "handle work on the radio!" , "collection of orchestral movements" , "Novel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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