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Tunes from 'The Messiah (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

themes

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'tunes' is the definition.
(I know this)

''the messiah' is the wordplay.
'messiah' becomes 'mes' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the'+'mes'='THEMES'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for themes that I've seen before include "Subjects or unifying ideas" , "'Subjects, topics (6)'" , "Subjects or repeated melodies" , "Topics, ideas, motifs" , "Motifs, subjects" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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