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Verse set to music for high fliers? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

airlines

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'high fliers?' is the definition.
'airlines' can be an answer for 'fliers?' (I've seen this in another clue). I'm not sure about the 'high' bit.

'verse set to music' is the wordplay.
'verse set' becomes 'lines' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'music' becomes 'air' (air is a kind of music).
'lines' put after 'air' is 'AIRLINES'.

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for airlines that I've seen before include "Aer Lingus, Ryanair etc." , "Pressurised tubes" , "Rain isle (anag.)" , "They transport people around the world" , "Companies providing regular plane travel" .)

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