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Ten hands working and playing together perhaps (7)

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I believe the answer is:

quintet

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'hands working and playing together perhaps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'ten' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'ten' is 'nte' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'quit' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for quintet that I've seen before include "Music group" , "Composition for five performers" , "A group of five musicians" , "Group of five players" , "A group of five singers" .)

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